FABULAE  FACILES 

A  FIRST  LATIN  READER 


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Monroe  E,  Deutsch 


FABULAE  FAOILES 


RITCHIE^S 

FABULAE  FACILE  S 

A  FIRST  LATIN  READER 


EDITED  WITH  NOTES  AND  A  VOCABULARY 

BY 

JOHN   COPELAND   KIRTLAND,  Jr. 

Professor  of  Latin  in  The  Phillips  Exeter  Academy 


AUTHORIZED  EDITION" 


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LONGMANS,    GREEN,    AND    CO 
91  AND  93  FIFTH  AVENUE,  NEW  YORK 

LONDON  AND  BOMBAY 
1905 


PREFACE 

Some  time  ago  a  fellow-teacher  brought  the  Fahulae 
Faciles  to  my  notice,  and  I  have  since  used  two  of  them 
each  year  with  my  class  of  beginners  in  Latin  with  increas- 
ing appreciation.  Indeed,  I  know  nothing  better  to  intro- 
duce the  student  into  the  reading  of  connected  narrative, 
and  to  bridge  the  great  gulf  between  the  beginner's  book 
of  the  prevailing  type  and  the  Latinity  of  Caesar  or  Nepos. 
They  are  adapted  to  this  use  not  merely  by  reason  of  their 
simpHcity  and  interest,  but  more  particularly  by  the 
graduating  of  difficulties  and  the  large  use  of  Caesarian 
words  and  phrases  to  which  Mr.  Ritchie  calls  attention 
in  his  preface. 

Doubtless  many  American  teachers  have  become  familiar 
with  portions  of  the  Fahulae,  for  they  have  been  freely 
drawn  upon  in  several  Latin  readers  recently  published 
in  this  country.  I  venture  to  hope  that  those  who  have 
made  the  acquaintance  of  the  work  in  this  way  will  wel- 
come a  complete  edition. 

In  England  the  little  book  has  had  a  large  use.  Its 
pedagogical  excellencies  are  well  summed  up  in  a  letter 
addressed  to  Mr.  Ritchie  by  the  Very  Rev.  E.  C.  Wickham, 
formerly  Head-Master  of  Wellington  College,  the  well- 
known  editor  of  Horace : — 

"  It  launches  the  student  at  once  in  ancient  life.  The  old  classi- 
cal stories,  simply  told,  seem  to  me  much  the  best  material  for 

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early  Latin  reading.  They  are  abundantly  interesting;  they  are 
taken  for  granted  in  the  real  literature  of  the  language ;  and  they 
can  be  told  without  starting  the  beginner  on  a  wrong  track  by  a 
barbarous  mixture  of  ancient  and  modern  ideas. 

"  It  combines,  if  I  may  say  so,  very  skilfully,  the  interest  of  a 
continuous  story,  with  the  gradual  and  progressive  introduction  of 
constructions  and  idioms.  These  seem  to  me  to  be  introduced  at 
the  right  moment,  and  to  be  played  upon  long  enough  to  make 
them  thoroughly  familiar." 

In  revising  Mr.  Ritchie's  book  for  the  use  of  American 
schools  it  has  seemed  best  to  make  extensive  changes. 
Long  vowels  have  been  marked  throughout,  and  the  or- 
thography of  Latin  words  has  been  brought  into  conformity 
with  our  practice.  Many  liberties  have  been  taken  with 
the  text  itself,  especially  in  the  latter  part,  in  the  way  of 
making  it  approximate  more  closely  to  our  rather  strict 
notions  of  the  standards  of  model  prose.  A  few  words 
and  uses  of  words  not  found  in  the  prose  writers  of  the 
republic  have  been  retained,  but  nothing,  it  is  hoped,  that 
will  seriously  mislead  the  young  student.  I  shall  welcome 
any  criticism  that  may  lead  to  further  changes  in  the  text 
in  future  editions. 

The  notes  are  entirely  new,  and  are  intended  for  students 
who  have  but  just  finished  the  beginner's  book  or  have 
not  yet  finished  it.  Some  notes  may  appear  at  first  sight 
unnecessary  or  unnecessarily  hard,  but  the  reason  for 
their  insertion  should  be  evident  when  the  student  begins 
the  reading  of  classical  Latin,  the  difficulties  of  which  will 
be  less  likely  to  appal  the  beginner  if  some  of  them  have 
been  already  conquered.  I  believe  it  a  mistake  to  post- 
pone all  treatment  of  the  uses  of  the  subjunctive,  for  in- 
stance, or  of  the  constructions  of  indirect  discourse  until 


Preface  ix 

the  study  of  Nepos  or  Caesar  is  begun.  Besides,  it  is  easier 
to  neglect  notes  than  to  supply  them,  and  the  teacher  who 
prefers  to  do  the  first  reading  without  much  attention  to 
the  more  difficult  constructions  will  only  need  to  tell  his 
students  to  disregard  certain  of  my  notes — or  all  of  them. 

There  are  no  references  to  the  grammars,  but  syntax 
has  been  given  such  treatment  as  seemed  needed  to  sup- 
plement its  treatment  in  the  beginner's  book.  Teachers 
will  therefore  be  able  to  postpone  the  use  of  a  formal  man- 
ual of  grammar,  if  they  so  desire.  Those  who  wish  their 
classes  to  begin  the  reading  of  Latin  at  the  earliest  possible 
moment  will  find  it  feasible  to  use  this  book  as  soon  as  the 
inflections  and  the  more  elementary  principles  of  syntax 
have  been  mastered. 

In  the  vocabulary,  the  derivation  or  composition  and 
the  original  meaning  of  words  have  been  indicated  wherever 
these  seemed  likely  to  prove  helpful.  Principal  parts 
and  genitives  have  been  given  in  such  a  way  as  to  prevent 
misimderstanding,  and  at  the  same  time  emphasize  the 
composition  of  the  verb  or  the  suffix  of  the  noun:  for 
example,  ahscldo,  -cidere,  -cidl,  -cisus;  aetds,  -talis. 

The  fists  of  works  of  English  fiterature  and  of  art  in 
which  the  myths  are  treated  are  only  suggestive.  Occa- 
sional readings  from  the  one  and  exhibitions  of  representa- 
tions of  the  other,  either  in  the  form  of  photographs  or  by 
the  stereopticon,  will  not  only  stimulate  interest  in  the 
Latin  text  but  aid  also  in  creating  in  the  student  a  taste 
for  fiterature  and  for  art. 

I  planned  at  first  to  add  some  exercises  for  retrans- 
lation,  but  after  careful  consideration  it  has  seemed  not 
worth  while.     Most  teachers  will  prefer  not  to  base  com- 


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position  upon  the  Latin  read  at  this  stage,  and  those  who 
wish  to  do  so  will  find  it  an  easy  matter  to  prepare  their 
own  exercises,  or  can  draw  upon  the  copious  exercises 
prepared  by  Mr.  Ritchie  and  published  separately  under 
the  title  Imitative  Exercises  in  Easy  Latin  Prose. 

In  the  reading  of  proof  I  have  had  generous  help  from 
Dr.  F.  K.  Ball  of  The  PhilUps  Exeter  Academy,  Mr.  J.  C. 
Flood  of  St.  Mark's  School,  and  Mr.  A.  T.  Dudley  of  Noble 
and  Greenough's  School,  Boston.  The  proof-sheets  have 
been  used  with  the  beginner's  class  in  this  Academy,  and 
I  have  thus  been  able  to  profit  by  the  criticism  of  my 
associate  Mr.  G.  B.  Rogers,  and  to  test  the  work  myself. 
The  assistance  of  my  wife  has  greatly  Ughtened  the  labor 
of  verifying  the  vocabulary. 

John  C.  Kirtland,  Jr. 
ExETEtt,  N.  H.,  7  March,  1903. 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

The  Myths  in  English  Literature xiii 

The  Myths  in  Art xv 

Introductory  Note 1 

Perseus 2 

Hercules 8 

The  Argonauts 32 

Ulysses 48 

Notes 62 

Vocabulary 103 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 

The  Carpenter  shutting  up  Danae  and  Perseus  in  the  Ark 

AT  THE  Command  of  Acrisius  (Vase-painting).. .  .Frontispiece 
Hercules,  Nessus,  and  Dejanira  (Pompeian  Wall-painting) 

Facing    30 
Medea   meditating  the   Murder  op  her  Sons   (Pompeian 

Wall-painting) 47 

Ulysses  and  Circe  (Roman  Relief) Facing    60 

xi 


THE  MYTHS  IN  ENGLISH  LITERATURE 

PERSEUS 

Hawthorne,  A  Wonder-Book:   The  Gorgon's  Head. 

Kingsley,  The  Heroes:  Perseus. 

Cox,  Tales  of  Ancient  Greece:  Medusa,  Danae,  Perseus,  An- 
dromeda, Akrisios. 

Francillon,  Gods  and  Heroes:   The  Adventures  of  Perseus. 

Kingsley,  Andromeda. 

William  Morris,  The  Earthly  Paradise:  The  Doom  of  King 
Acrisius. 

Lewis  Morris,  The  Epic  of  Hades:  Andromeda. 

Dowden,  Andromeda. 

Shelley,  On  the  Medusa  of  Leonardo  da  Vinci. 

D.  G.  Rossetti,  Aspecta  Medusa. 

HERCULES 

Hawthorne,  A  Wonder-Book:  The  Three  Golden  Apples. 
Cox,  Tales  of  Ancient  Greece:   The  Toils  of  Herakles. 
Francillon,  Gods  and  Heroes:   The  Hero  of  Heroes. 
William  Morris,  The  Earthly  Paradise:  The  Golden  Apples, 
Lewis  Morris,  The  Epic  of  Hades:  Deianeira. 
Lang's  translation  of  Theocritus,  Idyls  xxiv,  xxv. 

THE    ARGONAUTS 

Apollonius  of  Rhodes,  The  Tale  of  the  Argonauts,  translated 
by  Way. 

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D.  O.  S.  Lowell,  Jason^s  Quest. 

Hawthorne,  Tanglewood  Talcs:  The  Golden  Fleece. 

Kingsley,  The  Heroes:   The  Argonauts. 

Cox,  Tales  of  Ancient  Greece:  Phrixos  and  Heller  Aledeia, 

Church,  Heroes  and  Kings:  The  Story  of  the  Ship  Argo. 

Francillon,  Gods  and  Heroes:   The  Golden  Fleece. 

William  Morris,  The  Life  and  Deaih  of  Jason. 

Bayard  Taylor,  Hylas. 

John  Dyer,  The  Fleece. 

Lang's  translation  of  Theocritus,  several  of  the  Idyls. 

ULYSSES 

Homer,  The  Odyssey,  translated  by  Bryant  (verse),  William 
Morris  (verse).  Palmer  (prose),  Butcher  and  Lang  (prose). 

Lamb,  The  Adventures  of  Ulysses. 

Hawthorne,  Tanglewood  Tales:  Circe's  Palace. 

Cox,  Tales  of  Ancient  Greece:  The  Lotos-Eaters,  Odysseus  and 
Polyphemos,  Odysseus  and  Kirke. 

Church,  Stories  from  Homer:  The  Cyclops,  The  Island  of  Aeolus, 
Circe. 

Tennyson,  The  Lotos-Eaters. 

Matthew  Arnold,  The  Strayed  Reveler. 

Dobson,  The  Prayer  of  the  Swine  to  Circe, 


THE  MYTHS  IN  ART 

Burne-Jones,  Perseus  and  the  Graeae. 

Caravaggio,  Head  of  Medusa. 

Leonardo  da  Vinci,  Head  of  Medusa. 

Canova,  Perseus. 

Benvenuto  Cellini,  Perseus,  and  Perseus  saving  Andromeda, 

Piero  di  Cosimo,  Perseus  and  Andromeda. 

Charles  Antoine  Coypel,  Perseus  and  Andromeda. 

Domenichino,  Perseus  and  Andromeda. 

Rubens,  Perseus  and  Andromeda. 

Giovanni  da  Bologna,  Hercules  and  the  Centaur, 

Bandinelli,  Hercules  and  Cacus. 

Guido  Reni,  Dejanira  and  the  Centaur  Nessus. 

Canova,  Hercules  and  Lichas. 

Sichel,  Medea. 

Genelli,  Jason  and  Medea  capturing  the  Golden  Fleece, 

Burne-Jones,  Circe. 

L.  Chalon,  Circe  and  the  Companions  of  Ulysses. 

Riviere,  Circe  and  the  Companions  of  Ulysses. 

Photographs  and  lantern-slides  of  all  the  works  mentioned 
above  may  be  obtained  of  the  Soule  Art  Company,  Boston. 
The  list  might  have  been  made  much  longer,  but  it  seemed 
likely  to  prove  most  helpful  if  limited  to  works  of  which 
reproductions  are  so  easily  obtainable.  For  the  treatment  of 
the  myths  in  ancient  art,  the  teacher  is  referred  to  the 
numerous  pertinent  illustrations   in    Baumeister's  Denkmdler 


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des  kldssischen  Alteriums,  or  the  same  editor's  Bilder  aus  dem 
griechischen  und  romischen  Altertum  fiir  Schiller ,  the  latter  of 
which  contains  the  cuts  of  the  larger  work,  and  is  so  cheap  and 
so  useful  that  it  ought  to  lie  on  the  desk  of  every  teacher  of 
Greek  or  Latin. 


INTRODUCTORY    NOTE 

The  Fabvlae  Faciles,  or  '  Easy  Stories/  are  four  Greek  m)rths 
retold  in  Latin,  not  by  a  Roman  writer,  however,  but  by  an 
Englishman,  who  believed  that  they  would  afford  interesting 
and  pleasant  reading  for  young  folks  who  were  just  beginning 
the  study  of  the  Latin  language.  By  myth  is  meant  an  imagi- 
native tale  that  has  been  handed  down  by  tradition  from 
remote  antiquity  concerning  supernatural  beings  and  events. 
Such  tales  are  common  among  all  primitive  peoples,  and  are  by 
them  accepted  as  true.  They  owe  their  origin  to  no  single 
author,  but  grow  up  as  the  untutored  imagination  strives  to 
explain  to  itself  the  operations  of  nature  and  the  mysteries  of 
life,  or  amuses  itself  with  stories  of  the  brave  exploits  of  heroic 
ancestors. 

The  most  beautiful  and  delightful  of  all  mjrths  are  those  that 
have  come  down  to  us  in  the  remains  of  the  literature  and  the 
art  of  ancient  Greece  and  Rome;  they  are  also  the  most 
important  to  us,  for.  many  of  the  great  masterpieces  of  English 
literature  and  of  modern  art  have  been  inspired  by  them  and 
cannot  be  understood  and  appreciated  by  one  ignorant  of 
classical  mythology. 

Of  this  mythology  the  Fabulae  Faciles  give  but  a  small  part. 
If  you  wish  to  know  more  of  the  subject,  you  should  read 
Gayley's  The  Classic  Myths  in  English  Literature,  Guerber's 
Myths  of  Greece  and  Rome,  or  the  books  by  Kingsley,  Cox, 
Church,  and  Francillon  mentioned  in  the  lists  on  pages  xiii 
and  xiv. 

1 


PERSEUS 

Acristus,  an  ancient  king  of  Argos,  had  been  warned  by 
an  oracle  that  he  should  perish  by  the  hand  of  his  grandson. 
On  discovering,  therefore,  that  his  daughter  Dande  had 
given  birth  to  a  son,  Acrisius  endeavored  to  escape  his  fate 
by  setting  both  mother  and  child  adrift  on  the  sea.  They 
were  saved,  however,  by  the  help  of  Jupiter;  and  Perseus, 
the  child,  grew  up  at  the  court  of  Polydectes,  king  of  Serl- 
phos,  an  island  in  the  Aegean  Sea.  On  reaching  man- 
hood, Perseus  was  sent  by  Polydectes  to  fetch  the  head  of 
MedUsa,  one  of  the  Gorgons.  This  dangerous  task  he 
accomplished  with  the  help  of  Apollo  and  Minerva,  and  on 
his  way  home  he  rescued  Andromeda,  daughter  of  Ce- 
pheus,  from  a  sea-monster.  Perseus  then  married  Andro- 
meda, and  lived  some  time  in  the  country  of  Cepheus.  At 
length  he  returned  to  Serlphos,  and  turned  Polydectes  to 
stone  by  showing  him  the  Gorgon's  head;  he  then  went  to 
the  court  of  Acrislus,  who  fled  in  terror  at  the  news  of  his 
grandson's  return.  The  oracle  was  duly  fulfilled,  for 
Acilsius  was  accidentally  killed  by  a  quoit  thrown  by 
Perseus, 


Perseus 


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I.  THE  ARK 
Haec  narrantur  a  poetis  de  Perseo.  Perseus  filius  erat 
lovis,  rnaximi  deorum ;  avus  eius  Acrisius  appellabatur. 
Acrisius  volebat  Perseum  nepotem  suum  necare;  nam 
propter  oraculum  puerum  timebat.  Comprehendit  igitur 
Perseum  adhuc  infantem,  et  cum  matre  in  area  llgnea  5 
inclusit.  Turn  arcam  ipsam  in  mare  coniecit.  Danae, 
Persei  mater,  magnopere  territa  est;  tempestas  enim 
magna  mare  turbabat.  Perseus  autem  in  sinu  matris 
dormiebat. 

2.  JUPITER  SAVES  HIS  SON 

<^  luppiter  tamen  haec  omnia  vidit,  et  filium  suum  ser-  lo 
vare  constituit.  Tranquillum  igitur  fecit  mare,  et  arcam 
ad  insulam  Seriphum  perduxit.  Huius  insulae  Poly- 
dectes  tum  rex  erat.  Postquam  area  ad  lltus  appulsa 
est,  Danae  in  harena  quietem  capiebat.  Post  breve 
tempus  a  piscatore  quodam  reperta  est^  et  ad  domum  15 
regis  Polydectis  adducta  est.  Ille  mat  rem  et  puerum 
benlgne  excepit,  et  iis  sedem  tutam  in  finibus  suis  dedit. 
Danae  hoc  donum  hbenter  accepit,  et  pro  tanto  bene- 
ficio  regi  gratias  egit. 

3.  PERSEUS  IS  SENT  ON  HIS  TRAVELS 

Perseus  igitur  multos  annos  ibi  habitabat,  et  cum  20 
matre  sua  vitam  beatam  agebaCTAt  Polydectes  Danaen 
magnopere  amabat,  atque  eam  in  matrimonium  ducere 
volebat.  Hoc  tamen  consilium  Perseo  minime  gratum 
erat.  Polydectes  igitur  Perseum  dimittere  constituit. 
Tum  iuvenem  ad  se  vocavit  et  haec  dixit:  ''Turpe  est  25 
hanc  ignavam  vitam  agere;  iam  dudum  tu  adulescens 


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es.  Quo  usque  hie  manebis?  Tempus  est  arma  capere  et 
virtutem  praestare.  Hinc  abl,  et  caput  Medusae  mihi 
refer." 

4.  PERSEUS  GETS  HIS  OUTFIT 

Perseus  ubi  haec  audivit,  ex  Insula  discessit,  et  post- 
squam  ad  continentem  venit,  Medusam  quaesivit.  Diu 
frustra  quaerebat;  namque  naturam  loci  Ignorabat. 
Tandem  Apollo  et  Minerva  viam  demonstraverunt. 
Primum  ad  Graeas,  sorores  Mediisae,  pervenit.;  Ab  his 
talaria  et  galeam  magicam  accepit.     Apollo  autem  et 

10  Minerva  falcem  et  speculum  dederunt.  Tum  postquam 
talaria  pedibus  induit,  in  aera  ascendit.  Diu  per  aera 
volabat ;  tandem  tamen  ad  eum  locum  venit  ubi  Medusa 
cum  ceteris  Gorgonibus  habitabat.  Gorgones  autem 
monstra   erant   specie   horribili;    capita    enim   earum 

15  anguibus  omnino  contecta  erant.  Mantis  etiam  ex  aere 
factae  erant. 

5.  THE  GORGON'S  HEAD 

Res  difficillima  erat  caput  Gorgonis  abscidere;  eius 
enim  conspectu  homines  in  saxum  vertebantur.  Propter 
hanc  causam  Minerva  speculum  Perseo  dederat.     Hie 

2oigitur  tergum  vcrtit,  et  in  speculum  inspiciebaj^;  hoc 
modo  ad  locum  venit  ubi  Medusa  dormiebat.  ]  Tum 
falce  sua  caput  eius  uno  ictu  abscidit.  Ceterae  Gorgones 
statim  e  somno  excitatae  sunt,  et  ubi  rem  videnmt,  Ira 
commotae  sunt.    Arma  rapuerunt,  et  Perseum  occidero 

25Volebant.  Ille  autem  dum  fugit,  galeam  magicam  in- 
duit ;  et  ubi  h6c  f6cit,  statim  e  conspectu  earum  6vasit. 


Perseus  5 

6.  THE  SEA-SERPENT 
Post  haec   Perseus  in  finis   Aethiopum  venit.      Ibi 
Cepheus  quidam  ill5  tempore  regnabat.    Hic  Neptunum, 
maris  deum,  olim  offenderat;    Neptunus  autem  mon- 
strum  saevissimum  miserat.    Hoc  cottldie  e  marl  venie- 
bat  et  homines  devorabat.    Ob  banc  causam  pavor  ani-   5 
mos  omnium  occupaverat.   Cepheus  igitur  oraculum  del 
Hammonis   consuluit,   atque   a   deo   iussus   est   fiUam 
^^  monstro  tradere.    Eius  autem  filia,  nomine  Andromeda, 
virgo  formosissima  erat.      Cepheus   ubi  haec  audlvit, 
magnum  dolorem  percepit.    Volebat  tamen  civis  suos  e  lo 
tanto  perlculo  extrahere,  atque  ob  eam  causam  imperata 
Hammonis  facere  constitui^ 

7.  A  HUMAN  SACRIFICE 

Turn  rex  diem  certam  dixit  et  omnia  paravit.   Ubi  ea 
dies  venit,  Andromeda  ad  lltus  deducta  est,  et  in  con- 
.    spectu  omnium  ad  rupem  adligata  est.     Omnes  fatum  15 
I   jius  deplorabant,  nee  lacrimas  tenebany     At  subito, 
dum    monstrum   exspectant,  Perseus  accurrit;    et  ubi 
lacrimas  vidit,  causam  doloris  quaerit.    111!  rem  totam 
H      f^vponnnf.  et  puellam  demonstrant.  Dum  haec  geruntur, 
fremitus  terribiUs  audltur;    simul  monstrum  horribili2o 
specie  procul  conspicitur.      Eius  conspectus  timorem 
maximum  omnibus  iniecit.    Monstrum  magna  celeritate 
ad  lltus  contendit,  iamque  ad  locum  appropinquabat  ubi 
puella  stabat. 

8.  THE  RESCUE 

At  Perseus  ubi  haec  vIdit,  gladium  suum  edQxit,  et  25 
postquam  talaria  induit,  in  aera  sublatus  est.     Tum 


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desuper  in  monstrum  impctiim  subito  fecit,  ct  giadio 
suo  collum  eius  graviter  vlllne^avit^  Monstrum  ubi  sen- 
sit  vulnus,  fremitum  horribilem  edidit,  et  sine  mora  to- 
tum  corpus  in  aquam  mersit.  Perseus  dum  circum  litus 
5  volat,  reditum  eius  exspectabat.  Mare  autem  interea 
undique  sanguine  Inficitur.  Post  breve  tempus  belua 
rursus  caput  sustulit ;  mox  tamen  a  Perseo  Ictu  graviore 
vulnerata  est.  Tum  iterum  se  in  undas  mersit,  neque 
postea  visa  est. 

9.  THE  REWARD  OF  VALOR 
10     Perseus  postquam  ad  litus  descendit,  primum  talaria 
exuit;  tum  ad  rupem  venit  ubi  Andromeda  vincta  crat. 
Ea  autem  omnem  spem  saltitis  deposuerat,  et  ubi  Per- 
seus adiit,  terrore  paene  exarJmata  erat.    Ille  vincula 
statim  solvit,  et  puellam  patrl  reddidit.     Cepheus  ob 
1 5  banc  rem  maximo  gaudio  adfectus  est.    Meritam  gratiam 
pro  tanto  beneficio  Perseo  rettulit;    praeterea  Andro- 
medam  ipsam  ci  in  matrimonium  dedit.     Ille  libenter 
hoc  donum  accepit  et  puellam  duxitj  Paucos  annos 
cum  uxore  sua  in  ea  regione  habit abat,  et  in  magno 
2ohonore  erat  apud  omnis  Aethiopes.    Magnopere  tamen 
matrem  suam  rursus  videre  cupiebat.     Tandem  igitur 
cum  uxore  sua  e  regno  Cephei  discessit. 

10.  POLYDECTES  IS  TURNED  TO  STONE 

Postquam  Perseus    ad   insulam   navem   appulit,  se 

ad   locum    contulit  ubi  mater  olim   habitaverat,    sed 

25domum  invenit   vacuam  et  omnino  desertam.     Tris 

dies  per  totam  insulam  matrem  quacrebat;    tandem 

quarto  dig  ad  templum  Dianae  perv6nit.    Hue  Dana6 


Perseus 


refugerat,  quod  Polydectem  timebat.  Perseus  ubi  haec 
cognovit,  ira  magna  commotus  est ;  ad  regiam  Polydectis 
sine  mora  contendit,  et  ubi  eo  venit,  statim  in  atrium 
inrupit.  Polydectes  magno  timore  adfectus  est  et  fugere 
volebat.  Dum  tamen  ille  fugit,  Perseus  caput  Medusae  5 
monstravit ;  ille  autem  simul  atque  hoc  vidit,  in  saxum 
versus  estJ 

II.  THE  ORACLE  FULFILLED 

Post  haec  Perseus  cum  uxore  sua  ad  urbem  Acrisi 
rediit.  Ille  autem  ubi  Perseum  vIdit,  magno  terrore 
adfectus  est ;  nam  propter  oraculum  istud  nepotem  lo 
suum  adhue  timebat.  In  Thessaliam  igitur  ad  urbem 
Larlsam  statim  refugit,  frustra  tamen;  neque  enim 
fatum  suum  vitavit.  Post  paucos  annos  rex  Larisae 
ludos  magnos  fecit;  nuntios  in  omnis  partis  dimiserat  et 
diem  edixerat.  Multi  ex  omnibus  urbibus  Graeciae  ad  15 
ludos  convenerunt.  Ipse  Perseus  inter  alios  certamen 
discorum  iniit.  At  dum  discum  conicit,  avum  suum 
casu  occldit;  Acrisius  enim  inter  spectatores  eius  certa- 
minis  forte  stabat. 


HERCULES 

HerciUes,  a  Greek  hero  celebrated  for  his  great  strength, 
was  pursued  throughout  his  life  by  the  hatred  of  Juno. 
While  yet  an  infant,  he  strangled  some  serpents  sent  by 
the  goddess  to  destroy  him.  During  his  boyhood  and  youth 
he  performed  various  marvelous  feats  of  strength,  and  on 
reaching  manhood  succeeded  in  delivering  the  Thebans 
from  the  oppression  of  the  Minyae.  In  a  fit  of  madness 
sent  upon  him  by  Juno,  he  slew  his  own  children;  and  on 
consulting  the  Delphic  oracle  as  to  how  he  should  cleanse 
himself  from  this  crime,  he  was  ordered  to  submit  himself 
for  twelve  years  to  Eurystheus,  king  of  Tiryns,  and  to  per- 
form whatever  tasks  were  appointed  him.  HercUles  obeyed 
the  oracle,  and  during  the  twelve  years  of  his  servitude  ac- 
complished twelve  extraordinary  feats  known  as  the  Labors 
of  Herdiles.  His  death  was  caused  unintentionally^  by  his 
wife  Dejanlra.  HercUles  had  shot  with  his  poisoned  arrows 
a  centaur  named  Nessus,  who  had  insulted  Dejanlra. 
Nessus,  before  he  died,  gave  some  of  his  blood  to  Dejaniraf 
and  told  her  it  would  act  as  a  charm  to  secure  her  husband '« 
love.  Some  time  after,  Dejanlra  wishing  to  try  the  charm 
soaked  one  of  her  husband's  garments  in  the  blood,  not 
knowing  that  it  was  poisoned.  IlerdUes  put  on  the  robe, 
arid  after  suffering  terrible  torments  died,  or  was  carried 

off  by  his  father  Jupiter, 

8 


Hercules 


12.  THE  HATRED  OF  JUNO 
Hercules,  Alcmenae  flliiis,  olim  in  Graecia  habitabat. 
Hie  omnium  hominum  validissimus  fuisse  dicitur.  At 
luno,  reglna  deorum,  Alcmenam  oderat  et  Herculem 
adhuc  infantem  necare  voluit.  Misit  igitur  duas  ser- 
pcntis  saevissimas ;  hae  media  nocte  in  cubiculum  Alcme-  5 
nae  venerunt,  ubi  Hercules  cum  fratre  suo  dormiebail 
"^"T^ec  tamen  in  cunis,  sed  in  scuto  magno  cubabant.  Ser- 
pentes  iam  appropinquaverant  et  scutum  movebant; 
itaque  puerl  e  somno  excitati  sunt. 

13.  HERCULES  AND  THE  SERPENTS 

Iphicles,  frater  Herculis,  magna  voce  exclamavit;  sed  10 
Hercules  ipse,  fortissimus  puer,  haudquaquam  temtus 
est.  Parvis  manibus  serpentis  statim  prehendit,  et  coUa 
earum  magna  vl  compressit.  Tali  modo  serpentes  a 
puero  interfectae  sunt.  Alcmena  autem,  mater  puero- 
rum,  clamorem  audlverat,  et  maritum  suum  e  somno  15 
excitaverat.  Tile  lumen  accendit  et  gladium  suum  rapuit; 
turn  ad  pueros  properabat,  sed  ubi  ad  locum  venit,  rem 
miram  vidit,  Hercules  enim  ridebat  et  serpentis  mortuas 
monstrabat. 

14.  THE  MUSIC-LESION 
Hercules  a  puero  corpus  suum  diligenter  exercebat ;  20 
magnam  partem  diei  in  palaestra  consumebat;   didicit 
_  etiam  arcum  intendere  et  tela  conicere.    His  exercita- 
tionibus  vires  eius  confinnatae  simt.    In  miisica  etiam 
a  Lino  centauro  erudiebatur  (centauri  autem  equi  erant 
sed  caput  hominis  habebant) ;  buic  tamen  art!  minus  25 
diligenter  studebatJ  Hie  Linus  Herculem  olim  obiurga- 


10  Fabulae  FacIIes 


bat,  quod  non  studiosus  erat;  turn  puer  iratus  citharam 
subito  rapuit,  et  omnibus  viribus  caput  magistrl  infelicis 
percussit.  lUe  ictu  prostratus  est,  et  paulo  post  e  vita 
excessit,  neque  quisquam  postea  id  officium  suscipere 

-)  ^i,  5  voluit. 

"2^^^  15.  HERCULES  ESCAPES  SACRIFICE 

De  Hercule  hacc  ctiam  inter  alia  narrantur.  Olim 
dum  iter  facit,  in  finis  Aegyptiorum  venit.  Ibi  rex 
quidam,  nomine  Busiris,  illo  tempore  regnabat;  hie 
autom  YiT  crudelissimus  homines  immolare  consueverat. 
loHcrculem  igitur  corripuit  et  in  vincula  coniecit.  Turn 
nuntios  dimisit  et  diem  sacrificio  edixit.  Mox  ea  dies 
appetebat,  et  omnia  rite  parata  sunt.  Manus  Hcrculis 
catenis  ferreis  vinctae  sunt,  et  mola  salsa  in  caput  eius 
inspersa  est.  Mos  enim  erat  apud  antiques  salcm  ct  far 
15  capitibus  victimarum  imponerc.  lam  victima  ad  aram 
stabat ;  iam  saccrdos  cult  rum  sumpscrat.  Subito  tamen 
Hercules  magno  conatu  vincula  perrupit ;  tum  ictu  sacer- 
dotem  prostravit;  altero  regem  ipsum  occidit.1 

16.  A  CRUEL  DEED 
Hercules  iam  adulescens  Thebis  habitabat.   Rex  The- 

2obarum,  vir  ignavus,  Crcon  appellabatur.  Minyae,  gens 
bellicosissima,  ThebanLs  finitimi  crant.  Legati  autem  a 
Minyls  ad  Thebanos  quotannis  mittebantur;  hi  Thebas 
veniebant  et  centum  boves  postulabant.  Thebani  enim 
ohm  a  Minyis  superati  erant;  tributa  igitur  regi  Miny- 

25  arum  quotannis  pendebant.  At  Hercules  civis  su5s  hoc 
stipendio  liberare  constituit;  legates  igitur  compre- 
hendit,  atque  aurLs  eorum  abscidit.  Legati  autem  apud 
omnis  gentis  sancti  habentur. 


Hercules  H 


17.  THE  DEFEAT  OF  THE  MINYAE 
Erginus,  rex  Minyarum,  ob  haec  vehementer  iratus 
statim  cum  omnibus  copiis  in  finis  Thebanorum  con- 
tendit.   Creon  adventum  eius  per  exploratores  cognovit. 
Ipse  tamen  pugnare  noluit,  nam  magno  timore  adfectus 
erat ;  Thebani  igitur  Herculem  imperatorem  creaverunt.   5 
lUe  nuntios  in  omnis  partis  dimisit,  et  copias  coegit ;  turn 
proximo  die  cum  magno  exercitu  profectus  est.     Locum 
idoneum  delegit  et  aciem  instruxit.     Tum  Thebani  e 
superiore  loco  impetum  in  hostis  fecerunt.    Illi  autem 
impetum  sustinere  non  potuerunt;  ita^ue  acies  hostium  10 
pulsa  est  atque  in  fugam  conversa.   '' 

"^  18.  MADNESS  AND  MURDER 

Post  hoc  proeUum  Hercules  copias  suas  ad  urbem  re- 
duxit.  Omnes  Thebani  propter  victoriam  maxime  gaude- 
bant ;  Creon  autem  magnis  honoribus  Herculem  decora- 
vit,  atque  filiam  suam  ei  in  matrimonium  dedit.  Hercules  15 
cum  uxore  sua  beatam  vitam  agebat;  sed  post  paucos 
annos  subito  in  furorem  incidit,  atque  liberos  suos  ipse 
sua  manu  occidit.  Post  breve  tempus  ad  sanitatem 
reductus  est,  et  propter  hoc  facinus  magno  dolore  ad- 
fectus est;  mox  ex  urbe  effugit  et  in  silvas  se  recepit.  20 
Nolebant  enim  cives  sermonem  cum  eo  habere. 

19.  HERCULES  CONSULTS  THE  ORACLE 
Hercules  tantum  scelus  expiare  magnopere  cupiebat. 
Constituit  igitur  ad  oraculum  Delphicum  ire;  hoc  enim 
oraculum  erat  omnium  celeberrimum.   Ibi  templum  erat 
"l^ollinis  plurimis  donis  ornatum.  Hoc  in  templo  sedebat  25 
femina  quaedam,  nomine  Pythia,  et  consilium  dabat  iis 


12  Fabulae  Faclles 


■) 


qui  ad  oraculum  veniebant.  Haec  autem  femina  ab  ipso 
Apolline  docebatur,  et  voluntatem  del  hominibus  enuii- 
tiabat.  Hercules  igitur,  qui  Apollinem  praecipue  cole- 
bat,  hue  v.enit.  Turn  rem  totam  exposuit,  neque  scelus 
5  celavit.  / 

'^  20.  THE  ORACLE'S  REPLY 

Ubi  Hercules  finem  fecit,  Pythia  primo  tacebat;  tan- 
dem tamen  iussit  eum  ad  urbem  Tiryntha  Ire,  et  Eury- 
sthei  regis  omnia  imperata  facere.  Hercules  ubi  haec 
audivit,  ad  urbem  illam  contendit,  et  Eurystheo  regl  se 

10  in  servitutem  tradidit.  Duodecim  annos  crudelissimo 
Eurystheo  serviebat,  et  duodecim  labores,  quos  ille  im- 
peraverat,  confecit;  hoc  enim  uno  modo  tantum  scelus 
expiari  potuit.  De  his  laboribus  plurima  a  poetis  scripta 
sunt.    Multa  tamen  quae  poetae  narrant  vix  credibilia 

15  sunt. 

21.  FIRST  LABOR:  THE  NEMEAN  LION 

Primum  ab  Eurystheo  iussus  est  Hercules  leonem 

occidere  qui  illo  tempore  vallem  Nemeaeam  rcddebat 

infestam.  In  silvas  igitur  in  quibus  leo  habitabat  statim 

se  contulit.    Mox  feram  vidit,  et  arcum,  quern  secum 

2oattulerat,  intendit;  eius  tamen  pellem,  quae  densissima 
erat,  traicere  non  potuit.  Tum  clava  magna  quam  semper 
gerebat  leonem  percussit,  frustra  tamen ;  neque  enim  h6c 
modo  eum  occidere  potuit.  Tum  demum  collum  mOnstrl 
bracchils  suls  complexus  est   et  faucis  eius  omnibus 

asvlribus  compressit.     Hoc  modQ  leO  brevi  tempore  ex- 

^^animatus  est;  nulla  enim  resplrandl  facultfis  el  dabatur. 
Tum  Hercules  cadaver  ad  oppidum  in  umerls  rcttulit; 
et  pellem,  quam  dStr&xerat,  postea  pr6  veste  gerebat. 


Hercules  13 


Omnes  autem  qui  earn  regionem  incolebant,  ubi  famam 
de  morte  leonis  acceperunt,  vehementer  gaudebant  et 
Herculem  magno  honore  habebant. 

22.  SECOND  LABOR:    THE  LERNEAN  HYDRA 

Paulo  post  itissus  est  ab  Euiystheo  Hydram  necare. 
Hoc  autem  monstrum  erat  cui  novem  erant  capita.  5 
Hercules  igitur  cum  amico  lolao  profectus  est  ad  palu- 
dem  Lernaeam,  in  qua  Hydra  habitabat.  Mox  monstrum 
invenit,  et  quamquam  res  erat  magni  perlculi,  coUum 
eius  sinistra  prehendit.  Tum  dextra  capita  novem  ab- 
scidere  coepit ;  quotiens  tamen  hoc  f ecerat,  nova  capita  to 
exoriebantur.  Diu  f rustra  laborabat ;  tandem  hoc  conatu 
destitit.  Deinde  arbores  succidere  et  ignem  accendere 
constituit.  Hoc  celeriter  fecit,  et  postquam  ligna  ignem 
comprehenderunt,  face  ardente  colla  adussit,  unde  capita 
exoriebantur.  Nee  tamen  sine  magno  labore  haec  fecit;  15 
\  enit  enim  auxilio  Hydrae  cancer  ingens,  qui,  dum  Her- 
Qjales  capita  abscidit,  crura  eius  mordebat.  Postquam 
monstiTim  tali  modo  interfecit,  sagittas  suas  sanguine 
eius  imbuit,  itaque  mortiferas  reddidit,  j 

23.  THIRD  LABOR:    THE  CERYNEAN  STAG 

Postquam  Eurystheo  caedes  Hydrae  nuntiata  est,  20 
magnus  timor  animum  eius  occupavit.  lussit  igitur 
Herculem  cervum  quendam  ad  se  referre;  noluit  enim 
virum  tantae  audaciae  in  urbe  retinere.  Hie  autem 
cervus,  cuius  cornua  aurea  fuisse  traduntur,  incredibili 
fuit  celeritate.  Hercules  igitur  primo  vestigiis  eum  in  25 
silva  persequebatur;  deinde  ubi  cervum  ipsum  vidit, 
omnibus  viribus  currere  coepit.     tlsque  ad  vesperum 


14  Fabulae  Faciles 

currebat,  neque  nocturnum  tempus  sibi  ad  quietem  re- 
linquebat,  frustra  tamen;  nullo  enim  modo  cervuni  con- 
sequi  poterat.  Tandem  postquam  totum  annum  cucur- 
rerat  (ita  traditur),  cervum  cursu  exanimatum  cepit,  et 
svivum  ad  Eurystheum  rettulit. 

24.  FOURTH  LABOR:    THE  ERYMANTHIAN  BOAR 

Tum  vero  iussus  est  Hercules  aprum  quendam  capere 

qui  illo  tempore  agros  Erymanthios  vastabat  et  incolas 

huius  regionis  magnopere  terrebat.     Hercules  rem  sus- 

cepit  et  in  Arcadiam^profectus  est.     Postquam  in  silvam 

lopaulum  progressus  est,  apro  occurrit.  Hie  autem  simul 
atque  Herculem  vidit,  statim  refugit;  et  timore  perter- 
ritus  in  altam  fossam  se  proiecit.  Hercules  igitur  laqueum 
quem  attulerat  iniecit,  et  summa  cum  difficultate  aprum 
e  fossa  extraxit.  Hie  etsi  fortiter  repugnabat,  nullo  modo 

i5se  liberare  potuit;  et  ab  Hercule  ad  Eurystheum  vivus 
j:elatus  est. 

25.  HERCULES  AT  THE  CENTAUR'S  CAVE 
De  quarto  labore,  quem  supra  narravimus,  haec  etiam 
traduntur.     Hercules  dum  iter  in  Arcadiam  facit,  ad  earn 
regionem  venit  quam  centaurl  incolebant.     Cum  nox  iam 

20  appeteret,  ad  speluncam  devertit  in  qua  centaurus  qul- 
dam,  nomine  Pholus,  habitabat. 

Hie  Herculem  benlgne  excepit  et  cenam  paravit.  At 
Hercules  postquam  cenavit,  vinum  a  Pholo  postulfivit. 
Erat  autem  in  spelunca  magna  amphora  vino  optimo  re- 

25  pleta,  quam  centauri  ibi  deposuerant.  Pholus  igitur  hoc 
vinum  dare  nolebat,  quod  reliquos  centauros  timobat; 
nullum  tamen  vinum  praetcr  hoc  in  spelunca  habcbat. 
"Hoc  vinum/'  inquit,  "mihi  commissum  est.    Si  igitur 


Hercules  ^5 


hoc  dabo,  centauri  me  interficient."     Hercules  tamen 
eiim  inrisit,  et  ipse  poculum  vini  de  amphora  haiisit. 

26.  THE  FIGHT  WITH  THE  CENTAURS 

Simul  atque  amphora  aperta  est,  odor  iucundissimus 
undique  diffusus  est;  vinum  enim  suavissimum  erat. 
Centauri  notum  odorem  senserunt  et  omnes  ad  locum   5 
convenerunt. 

Ubi  ad  speluncam  pervenerunt,  magnopere  irati  erant 
quod  Herculem  bibentem  viderunt.    Tum  arma  rapue- 
runt  et  Pholum  inter ficere  volebant.     Hercules  tamen 
in  aditu  spelimcae  constitit  et  impetum  eorum  fortissime  10 
sustinebat.       Faces   ardentis  in  eos    coniecit;    multos 
etiam  sagittis  suis  vulneravit.      Hae  autem  sagittae 
eaedem  erant  quae  sanguine  Hydrae  olim  imbutae  erant^,.^ 
Omnes  igitur  quos  ille  sagittis   vulneraverat  veneno 
statim  absumpti  sunt;  reliqui  autem  ubi  hoc  viderunt,  i5 
terga  verterunt  et  fuga  salutem  petierunt. 

27.  THE  FATE  OF  PHOLUS 

Postquam  reliqui  fugerunt,  Pholus  ex  spelunca  egres- 
sus  est,  et  corpora  spectabat  eorum  qui  sagittis  interfecti 

nt.  Magnopere  autem  miratus  est  quod  tam  levi 
vulnere  exanimati  erant,  et  causam  eius  rei  quaerebat.  20 
Adiit  igitur  locum  ubi  cadaver  ciiiusdam  centauri  iace- 
bat,  et  sagittam  e  vulnere  tra^t-  Haec  tamen  sive  casu 
sive  consilio  deorum  e  manibus  eius  lap^a_est,  et  pedem 
leviter  vulneravit.  Ille  extemplo  dolorem  gravem  per 
omnia  membra  sensit,  et  post  breve  tempus  vi  veneni  25 
exanimatus  est.  Mox  Hercules,  qui  reliquos  centauros 
secutus  erat,  ad  speluncam  rediit,  et  magno  cum  dolore 


U.6£^ 


16  Fabulae  Faciles 

Pholum  mortimm  vidit.  Multls  cum  lacrimis  corpus 
amici  ad  sepulturam  dedit;  turn,  postquam  alteram 
poculum  vini  exhausit,  somno  se  dedit. 

28.  FIFTH  LABOR:    THE  AUGEAN  STABLES 

Deinde  Eurystheus  Herculi  hunc  laborem  graviorem 

5  imposuit.    Augeas  quidam,  qui  illo  tempore  regnum  in 

Elide  obtinebat,  tria  milia  bourn  habebat.    Hi  in  stabulo 

ingcntis  magnitudinis  includebantur.    Stabulum  autem 

inluvie  ac  squalorc  crat    obsitum,  neque  enim  ad  hoc 

tempus  umquam  purgatum  erat.     Hoc  Hercules  intra 

10  spatium  unius  diel  purgare  iussus  est.    Ille,  etsi  res  erat 

multae  operae,  nogotium  suscepit.  Primum  magno  lab  ore 

fossam  duodeviginti  pedum  duxit,  per  quam  fluminis 

aquam  de  montibus  ad  murum  stabull  perduxiti/Tum, 

postquam  murum  perrupit,  aquam  in  stabulum  immlsit; 

15  et  tali  modo  contra  opinionem  omnium  opus  confecit. 

29.  SIXTH  LABOR  :    THE  STYMPHALIAN  BIRDS 

Post  paucos  dies  Hercules  ad  oppidum  Stymphalum 
iter  fecit ;  imperaverat  enim  ei  Eurystheus  ut  avis  Stym- 
phalides  necarct.  Hae  aves  rostra  aenea  habebant  et 
came  hominum  vescebantur.    Ille  postquam  ad  locum 

20 pcrvenit,  lacum  vidit;  in  hoc  autem  lacu,  qui  non  procul 
erat  ab  oppido,  aves  habitabant.  Nulla  tamen  dabatur 
appropinquandi  facultas ;  lacus  enim  non  ex  aqua  sed  § 
limo  constitit.  Hercules  igitur  neque  pedibus  neque 
lintre  progrcdi  potuit. 

"25  Ille  cum  magnam  partem  diei  frustra  consumpsisset^ 
hoc  conatu  destitit  et  ad  Volcanum  se  contulit,  ut  aux- 
11 -um  ab  eo  pcteret.     Volcanus  (qui  ab  fabris  maxim6 


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colebatur)  crepundia  quae  ipse  ex  aere  fabricatus  erat 
Herculi  dedit.  His  Hercules  tarn  acrem  crepitum  fecit 
ut  aves  perterritae  avolarent.  Hie  autem,  dum  avolant, 
magnum  numerum  earum  sagittis  transflxit. 

30.  SEVENTH  LABOR  :    THE  CRETAN  BULL 

Tum  Eurystheus  Herculi  imperavit  ut  taurum  quen-  5 
dam  ferocissimum  ex  insula  Creta  vivum  referret.  Hie 
igitur  navem  conscendit,  et  cum  ventus  idoneus  esset, 
statim  solvit.  Cum  tamen  insulae  iam  appropinquaret, 
tanta  tempestas  subito  coorta  est  ut  navis  cursum  tenere 
non  posset.  Tantus  autem  timor  animos  nautarum  10 
occupavit  ut  paene  omnem  spem  salutis  deponerent. 
Hercules  tamen,  etsi  na^igandi  imperltus  erat,  haud- 
quaquam  territus  est.y 

Post  breve  tempus  summa  tranquillitas  consecuta  est, 
et  nautae,  qui  se  ex  timore  iam  receperant,  navem  in-  15 
columem  ad  terram  appulerunt.  Hercules  e  navi  egres- 
sus  est,  et  cum  ad  regem  Cretae  venisset,  causam  veni- 
TLendl  docuit.  Deinde,  postquam  omnia  parata  sunt,  ad 
eam  regionem  contendit  quam  taurus  vastabat.  Mox 
taurum  vidit,  et  quamquam  res  erat  magni  periculi,  20 
cornua  eius  prehendit.  Tum,  cum  ingenti  labore  mon- 
strum  ad  navem  traxisset,  cum  praeda  in  Graeciam 
rediit. 

31.  EIGHTH  LABOR  :  THE  MAN-EATING  HORSES  OF 
DIOMEDE 

Postquam  ex  insula  Creta  rediit,  Hercules  ab  Eury- 
stheo  in  Thraciam  missus  est,  ut  equos  Diomedis  redfi-  25 
ceret.     Hi  equi  carne  hominum  vescebantur;  Diomedes 
autem,  vir  crtidelissimus,  illis  obiciebat  peregrinos  omnis 


18  Fabulae  Faclles 

qui  in  earn  regionem  venerant.  Hercules  igitur  magna 
celeritate  in  Thraciam  contendit  et  ab  Diomede  postu- 
la\at  ut  equi  sibi  traderentur.  Cum  tamen  ille  hoc  facerc 
nollet,  Hercules  ira  conomotus  regem  interfecit  et  cadaver 
5  eius  equis  obici  iussit. 

Ita  mira  rerum  commutatio  facta  est ;  is  enim  qui  an- 
tea  multos  cum  cruciatu  necaverat  ipse  eodem  supplicio 
necatus  est.    Cum  haec  nuntiata  essent,  omnes  qui  eam 
regionem  incolebant  maxima  laetitia  adfecti  sunt  et 
10  Herculi  meritam  gratiam  referebant.    Non  modo  maxi- 
mls  honoribus  et  praemiis  eum  decora verunt  sed  orabant 
etiam  ut  regnum  ipse  susciperet.    Ille  tamen  hoc  facere 
^  i»i       nolebat,  et  cum  ad  mare  rediisset,  navem  occupavit^Ubi 
•        OTnnia  ad  navigandum  parata  sunt,  equos  in  navi  con- 
is  locavit;  deinde,  cum  idoneam  tempestatem  nactus  esset, 
sine  mora  e  portu  solvit,  et  paulo  post  equos  in  litus 
Argolicum  exposuit. 


32.  NINTH  LABOR  :    THE  GIRDLE  OF  HIPPOLYTE 

Gens  Amazonum  dicitur  omnino  ex  mulieribus  con- 
stitisse.   Hae  summam  scientiam  rel  mllitaris  habebant, 

2oet  tantam  virtutem  adhibebant  ut  cum  viris  proelium 
committere  auderent.  Hippolyte,  Amazonum  reglna, 
balteum  habuit  celeberrimum  quem  Mars  cl  dederat. 
Admeta  autem,  Eurysthel  fllia,  famam  de  hoc  baltco 
acceperat    et    eum    possidere    vehementer    cupiebat. 

25  Eurystheus  igitur  Herculi  mandavit  ut  copias  cogerct  et 
bcllum  Amazonibus  Inferret.  Ille  nuntios  in  omnis  partis 
dimlsit,  et  cum  magna  multitudo  convenisset,  cos  delegit 
qui  maximum  usum  in  re  mllitarl  habebant. 


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33.  THE  GIRDLE  IS  REFUSED 

His  viris  Hercules  persuasit,  postquam  causam  itineris 
exposuit,  ut  secum  iter  facerent.  Turn  cum  ils  quibus 
persuaserat  navem  conscendit,  et  cum  ventus  idoneus 
esset,  post  paucos  dies  ad  ostium  fluminis  Thermodontis 
6  appulit.  Postquam  in  finis  Amazonum  venit,  ntintium  5 
aS  Hippolytam  misit,  qui  causam  veniendi  doceret  et 
balteum  posceret.  Ipsa  Hippolyte  balteum  tradere  vole- 
bat,  quod  de  Herculis  virtute  famamacceperat;  reliquae 
tamen  Amazones  ei  persuaserunt  ut  negaret.  At  Her- 
cules, cum  haec  ntintiata  essent,  belli  forttinam  temptare  10 
constituit. 

Proximo  igitur  die  cum  copias  ediixisset,  locum  ido- 
neum  delegit  et  hostis  ad  pugnam  evocavitVAmazones 
quoque  copias  suas  ex  castris  ediixerunt  et  non  magno 
intervallo  ab  Hercule  aciem  instruxerunt.  15 

34.  THE  BATTLE 

Palus  erat  non  magna  inter  duo  exercitiis;  neutri 
tamen  initium  transeundi  facere  volebant.  Tandem 
Hercules  signum  dedit,  et  ubi  paludem  transiit,  proelium 
commisit. 

Amazones  impetum  virorum  fortissime  sustinuerunt,  20 
et  contra  opinionem  omnium  tantam  virtiitem  praestite- 
runt  ut  multos  eorum  occiderint,  multos  etiam  in  fugam 
coniecerint.  Viri  enim  novo  genere  piignae  perturba- 
bantur  nee  magnam  virtutem  praestabant.  Hercules 
autem  cum  haec  videret,  de  suis  f ortiinis  desperare  coepit.  25 
Milites  igitur  vehementer  cohortatus  est  ut  pristinae 
virtHtis  memoriam  retinerent  neu  tantum  dedecus  ad- 
mitterent,   hostiumque   impetum   fortiter  sustinerent; 


2^  Fabulae  Faciles 


quibus  verbis  animos  omnium  ita  erexit  ut  multi  etiam 
qui  vulneribus  confecti  essent  proelium  sine  mora  redinte- 
grarent. 

35.  THE  DEFEAT  OF  THE  AMAZONS 

Diu  et  acriter  pugnatum  est;  tandem  tamen  ad  solis 

5  occasum  tanta  commtitatio  rerum  facta  est  ut  mulieres 

terga  verterent  et  fuga  salutem  peterent.    Multae  autem 

vulneribus  defessae  dum  fugiunt  captae  sunt,  in  quo 

numero  ipsa  erat  Hippolyte.  Hercules  summam  clemcn- 

tiam  praestitit,  et  postquam  balteum  accepit,  libertatem 

10  omnibus  captivis  dedit.    Tum  vero  socios  ad  mare  re- 

duxit,  et  quod  non  multum  aestatis  supererat,  in  Graeci- 

am  proficisci  maturavit.\/^avem  igitur  conscendit,  et 

tempestatem  idoneam  nactus  statim  solvit;  antequam 

tamen  in  Graeciam  pervenit,  ad  urbem  Troiam  navem 

15  appellere  constituit,  frumentum  enim  quod  secum  habe- 

bat  iam  deficere  coeperat. 

36.  LAOMEDON  AND  THE  SEA-MONSTER 
Laomedon  quidam  illo  tempore  regnum.  Troiae  ob- 
tinebat.  Ad  hunc  Neptunus  et  Apollo  anno  superiore 
venerant,  et  cum  Troia  nondum  mocnia  haberet,  ad  hoc 
20  opus  auxilium  obtulerant.  Postquam  tamen  horum 
auxilio  moenia  confecta  sunt,  nolebat  Laomedon  prac- 
mium  quod  proposuerat  persolvere. 

Neptunus  igitur  et  Apollo  ob  hanc  causam  IrMi  mon- 
strum  quoddam  miserunt  specie  horribili,  quod  cottidie  e 
as  mari  veniebat  et  homines  pecudesque  vorabat.  Troianl 
autem  timore  perterriti  in  urbe  continebantur,  ct  pecora 
onmia  ex  agris  intra  muros  compulerant.  Laomedon  his 
rebus  commotus  oraculum  consuluit,  ac  deus  ci  praccepit 
ut  filiam  Hesionem  monstro  obiccret. 


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37.  THE  RESCUE  OF  HESIONE 

Laomedon,  cum  hoc  responsum  renuntiatum  esset, 
magnum  dolorem  percepit;  sed  tamen,  ut  civis  suos 
tanto  periculo  llberaret,  oraculo  parere  constituit  et  diem 
sacrificio  dixit.  Sed  sive  casu  sive  consilio  deorum  Her- 
cules tempore  opportunissimo  Troiam  attigit ;  ipso  enim  5 
temporis  puncto  quo  puella  catenis  vincta  ad  lltus 
dedticebatur  ille  navem  appulit.  Hercules  e  navi 
egressus  de  rebus  quae  gerebantur  certior  f actus  est; 
tum  Ira  commotus  ad  regem  se  contulit  et  auxilium 
suum  obtulit.  Cum  rex  libenter  ei  concessisset  ut,  si  10 
posset,  puellam  llberaret,  Hercules  monstrum  interfecit; 
et  puellam,  quae  iam  omnem  spem  salutis  deposuerat, 

Vincolumem  ad  patrem  reduxit\^Xaomedon  magno  cum 
gaudio  flliam  suam  accepit,  et  Herculi  pro  tanto  bene- 
ficio  meritam  gratiam  rettulit.  15 

38.  TENTH  LABOR  :    THE  OXEN  OF  GERYON 

Tum  vero  missus  est  Hercules  ad  insulam  Erythlam,  ut 
L  boves  Geryonis  arcesseret.  Res  erat  summae  difficultatis, 
quod  boves  a  quodam  Eurj^tione  et  a  cane  bicipite  custo- 
diebantur.  Ipse  autem  Geryon  speciem  horribilem  prae- 
bebat;  tria  enim  corpora  inter  se  coniuncta  habebat.  20 
Hercules  tamen  etsi  intellegebat  quantum  perlculum 
esset,  negotium  suscepit ;  ac  postquam  per  multas  terras 
iter  fecit,  ad  eam  partem  Libyae  pervenit  quae  Europae 
proxima  est.  Ibi  in  utroque  lltore  freti  quod  Europam  a 
Libya  dividit  colunmas  constituit,  quae  postea  Herculis  25 
Cojiimnae  appellabantur. 


22  Fabulae  Faciles 

39.  THE  GOLDEN  SHIP 

Dum  hic  moratur,  Hercules  magnum  incommodum  ex 
calore  soils  accipiebat;  tandem  igitur  ira  commotus 
arcum  suum  intendit  et  solem  sagittis  petiit.  Sol  tamen 
audaciam  viri  tantum  admiratus  est  ut  lintrem  auream 
5  el  dederit.  Hercules  hoc  donum  libentissime  accepit, 
nullam  enim  navem  in  his  regionibus  invenire  potuerat. 
Tum  lintrem  deduxit,  et  ventum  nactus  idoneum  post 
breve  tempus  ad  insulam  pervenit.  *  Ubi  ex  incolls  co- 
gnovit quo  in  loco  boves  essent,  in  eam  partem  statim 
10  profectus  est  et  a  rege  Geryone  postulavit  ut  boves  sibi 
traderentur.  Cum  tamen  ille  hoc  facere  noUet,  Hercules 
et  regem  ipsum  et  Eurytionem,  qui  erat  ingenti  magni- 
tudine  corporis,  interfecit.  \ 

40.  A  MIRACULOUS  HAIL-STORM 

Tum  Hercules  boves  per  Hispaniam  et  Liguriam  com- 

ispellere  constituit;  postquam  igitur  omnia  parata  sunt, 

boves  ex  insula  ad  continentem  transportavit.    Ligures 

autem,  gens  bellicosissima,  dum  ille  per  finis  eorum  iter 

facit,  magnas  copias  coegerunt  atque  eum  longius  pr6- 

gredi   prohibebant.       Hercules    magnam   difficultatem 

20  habebat,  barbari  enim  in  locis  superioribus  constitcrant 

et  saxa  telaque  in  eum  coniciebant.    Ille  quidem  paene 

omnem  spem  salutis  deposuerat,  sed  tempore  opportQ- 

nissimo  luppiter  imbrem  lapidum  ingentium  6  caclo 

demisit.    Hi  tanta  vi  ceciderunt  ut  mSgnum  numerum 

25  Ligurum  occidcrint;  ipse  tamon  Hercules  (ut  in  talibus 

rebus  accidci'e  consuevit)  nihil  incommodi  cepit. 


M^ 


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41.  THE  PASSAGE  OF  THE  ALPS 

Postquam  Ligures  hoc  modo  superati  sunt,  Hercules    • 
quam  celerrime  progressus  est  et  post  paucos  dies  ad 
Alpis  pervenit.    Necesse  erat  has  trans  Ire,  ut  in  ItaUam 
boves  ageret;  res  tamen  summae  erat  difficult atis.    Hi 
enim  montes,  qui  ulteriorem  a  citeriore  Gallia  dividunt,   5 
nive  perenni  sunt  tecti;    quam  ob  causam  neque  fru- 
mentum  neque  pabulum  in  his  regionibus  inveniri  potest. 
Hercules  igitur  antequam  ascendere  coepit,  magnam 
copiam  frumenti  et  pabuli  comparavit  et  hoc  commeatti 
boves  oneravit.  Postquam  in  his  rebus  tris  dies  consump-  10 
serat,  quarto  die  profectus  est,  et  contra  omi^um  opini- 
onem  boves  incolumis  in  Italiam  traduxit 


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42.  CACUS  STEALS  THE  OXEN 

Brevi  tempore  ad  flumen  Tiberim  venit.  Tum  tamen 
nulla  erat  urbs  in  eo  loco,  Roma  enim  nondum  condita 
erat.  Hercules  itinere  fessus  constituit  ibi  paucos  dies  15 
morari,  ut  se  ex  laboribus  recrearet.  J  Haud  procul  a 
valle  ubi  boves  pascebantur  spelunca  erat,  in  qua  Cacus, 
horribile  monstrum,  tum  habit abat.  Hie  speciem  terri- 
bilem  praebebat,  non  modo  quod  ingenti  magnitudine 
corporis  erat,  sed  quod  ignem  ex  ore  exsplrabat.  Cacus  20 
autem  de  adventti  Herculis  famam  acceperat;  noctii 
igitur  venit,  et  dum  Hercules  dormit,  quattuor  pulcher- 
rimorum  bourn  abripuit.  Hos  caudis  in  speluncam  traxit, 
ne  Hercules  e  vestigiis  cognoscere  posset  quo  in  loco 
celati  essent.  25 


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24  Fabulae  Faciles 

43.  HERCULES  DISCOVERS  THE  THEFT 

Postero  die  simul  atque  e  somno  excitatus  est,  Hercu- 
les furtum  animadvertit  et  boves  amissos  omnibus  locis 
quaerebat.  Hos  tamen  nusquam  reperire  poterat,  non 
modo  quod  loci  naturam  Ignorabat,  sed  quod  vestigiis 
5  f alsis  deceptus  est.  Tandem  cum  magnam  partem  diei 
frustra  consumpsisset,  cum  reliquls  bobus  progredi  con- 
stituit.  At  dum  proficisci  parat,  unus  e  bobus  quos 
secum  habuit  mugire  coepit.  Subito  ii  qui  in  spelunca 
inclusi  erant  mugltum  reddiderunt,  et  hoc  modo  Her- 
10  culem  certiorem  fecerunt  quo  in  loco  celati  essent.  Ille 
vehementer  Iratus  ad  speluncam  quam  celerrime  se  con- 
tulit,  ut  praedam  reciperet.  At  Cacus  saxuir^  ingens  it^' 
deiecerat  ut  aditus  speluncae  omnino  obstrueretur.  ^/^ 

44.  HERCULES  AND  CACUS 

Hercules  cum  nullum  alium  introitum  reperire  posset, 
15  hoc  saxum  amovere  conatus  est,  sed  propter  eius  magni- 
^priinorrt  pcs  erat  difficlllima.  Diu  frustra  laborabat  neque 
quicquam  efficere  poterat;  tandem  tamen  magno  conS.tu 
saxum  amovit  et  speluncam   patefecit.      Ibi   amissos 
boves  magno  cum  gaudio  conspexit;  sed  Cacum  ipsum 
20  vix  cernere  potuit,  quod  spelunca  repleta  erat  fum5  quem 
ille  more  suo  evomebat.    Hercules  inusitata  specie  tur- 
batus  breve  tempus  haesitabat;  mox  tamen  in  spelun- 
cam inrupit  et  collum  monstrl  bracchiis  complexus  est. 
Ille  etsi  multum  repugnavit,  nullo  modo  se  liberare 
25  potuit,  et  cum  nulla  facultas  rcsplraudl  daretur,  mox 
exanimatus  est. 


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45.    ELEVENTH  LABOR  :    THE  GOLDEN   APPLES  OF 
THE  HESPERIDES 

Eurystheus  postquam  boves  Geryonis  accepit,  laborem 
undecimum  Herculi  imposuit,  graviorem  quam  quos 
supra  narravimus.  Mandavit  enim  ei  ut  aurea  poma 
ex  horto  Hesperidum  auferret.  Hesperides  autem  nym- 
phae  erant  quaedam  forma  praestantissima,  quae  in  terra  5 
longinqua  habitabant,  et  quibus  aurea  quaedam  poma 
a  lunone  commissa  erant.  Multi  homines  auri  cupiditate 
induct!  haec  poma  auferre  iam  antea  conati  erant.  Res 
lamen  difficillima  erat,  namque  hortus  in  quo  poma  erant 
muro  ingenti  undique  circumdatus  erat ;  praeterea  draco  10 
quidam  cui  centum  erant  capita  portam  horti  diligenter 
custodiebat.^pus  igitur  quod  Eurystheus  Herculi  im- 
peraverat  erat  summae  difhcultatis,  non  modo  ob  causas 
quas  memoravimus,  sed  etiam  quod  Hercules  omnino 
ignorabat  quo  in  loco  hortus  ille  situs  esset.  15 

46.  HERCULES  ASKS  AID  OF  ATLAS 
Hercules  quamquam  quietem  vehementer  cupiebat, 
tamen  Eurystheo  parere  constituit,  et  simul  ac  iussa  eius 
accepit,  proficisci  maturavit.     A  multis  mercatoribus 
quaesiverat   quo  in  loco  Hesperides  habitarent,  nihil 
tamen  certum  reperire  potuerat.     Frustra  per  multas  20 
terras  iter  fecit  et  multa  perlcula  subiit;  tandem,  cum  in 
his  itineribus  totum  annum  consumpsisset,  ad  extremam 
partem  orbis  terrarum,  quae  proxima  est_Oceano,  per- 
venit.     Hie  stabat  vir  quidam,  nomine  Atlas,  ingenti 
magnitudine  corporis,  qui   caelum   (ita  traditum  est)  25 
umeris'suis  sustinebat,  ne  in  terram  decideret.  Hercules 
tantas  viris  magnopere  miratus  statim  m  conloquiuiQ 


26  Fabulae  Faciles 


cum  Atlante  venit,  et  cum  causam  itineris  docui§set, 
auxilium  ab  eo  petiit. 

47.  HERCULES  DEARS  UP  THE  HEAVENS 
__     Atlas  autem  Uerguli  maxime  prodesse  potuit ;  iUeenim 
cum  ipse  esset  pater  Hesperidum,  certo  sclvit  quo  in 
5  loco  esset  hortus.     Postquam  igitur  audivit  quam  ob 
causam  Hercules  venisset,  "Ipse,"  inquit,  ''ad  hortum 
ibo  et  ffliabus  meis  persuadebo  ut  poma  sua  sponte  tra- 
daat."    Hercules  cum  haec  audiret,  magnopere  gai^^ysL 
est;  vim  enim  adhibere  noluit,  si  res  aliter  fieri  posset. 
loConstituit  igitur  oblatum   auxilium   accipere.      Atlas 
tamen  postulavit  ut,  dum  ipse  abesset,  Hercules  caelum 
umerls    sustineret.t/  Hoc    autem   negotium    Hercules 
libenter  suscepit,  et  quamquam  res  erat  summi  labo- 
ris,  totum  pondus  caeli  continues  compluris  dies  solus 
1       15  sustinebat. 
'  j  I  — ^^^^  48.  THE  RETURN  OF  ATLAS 

Atlas  interea  abierat  et  ad  hortum  Hesperidum,  qui 
pauca  milia  passuum  aberat,  se  quam  celerrime  contu- 
lerat.  Eo  cum  venisset,  causam  vcniendl  exposuit  et 
filias  suas  vehementer  hortatus  est  ut  poma  traderent. 
20  Illae  diu  haerebant ;  nolebant  enim  hoc  facere,  quod  ab 
ipsa  lunone  (ita  ut  ante  dictum  est)  hoc  munus  accepis- 
sent.  Atlas  tamen  aliquando  iis  pcrsufisit  ut  sibi 
parerent,  et  poma  ad  Herculem  rettulit.  Hercules  in- 
terea cum  pluris  dies  exspectavissct  ncquc  ullam  famam 
25  de  reditu  Atlantis  accepisset,  hac  mora  graviter  comm5- 
tus  est.  Tandem  quinto  die  Atlantem  vidit  redeuntem, 
et  mox  magno  cum  gaudio  poma  accepit ;  tum,  postquam  ' 
gratias  pro  tanto  bcneficio  egit,  ad  Graeciam  proficisci 
maturavit. 


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49.  TWELFTH  LABOR  :  CERBERUS  THE 
THREE-HEADED  DOG 

Postquam  aurea  poma  ad  Eurystheum  relata  sunt, 
unus  modo  relinquebatur  e  duodecim  laboribus  quos 
Pythia  Hercull  praeceperat.  Eurystheus  autem  cum 
Herculem  magnopere  timeret,  eum  in  aliquem  locum 
mittere  volebat  unde  numquam  redire  posset.  Negotium  5 
igitur  ei  dedit  ut  canem  Cerberum  ex  Oreo  in  Iticem 
traheret.  Hoc  opus  omnium  difficillimum  erat,  nemo 
enim  umquam  ex  Oreo  redierat.  Praeterea  Cerberus  iste 
monstrum  erat  horribill  specie,  cui  tria  erant  capita  ser- 
pentibus  saevis  cincta.  Antequam  tamen  de  hoc  labore  '° 
narramus,  non  alienum  videtur,  quoniam  de  Oreo  men- 
tionem  fecimus,  pauca  de  ea  regione  proponere.v 

50.  CHARON'S  FERRY 

De  Oreo,  qui  Idem  Hades  appellabatur,  haec  tradun- 
tur.  Ut  quisque  de  vita  decesserat,  manes  eius  ad  Oreum, 
sedem  mortuorum,  a  deo  Mercurio  deducebantur.  Htiius  15 
regionis,  quae  sub  terra  fuisse  dicitur,  rex  erat  Pluto, 
cui  uxor  erat  Proserpina,  lovis  et  Cereris  filia.    Manes 
igitur  a  Mercurio  deduct!  primum  ad  ripam  veniebant 
Stygis  fluminis,  quo  regnum  Plutonis  continetur.    Hoc 
transire  necesse  erat  antequam  in  Oreum  venire  possent.  20 
Cum  tamen  in  hoc  fiumine  nidlus  pons  faetus  esset, 
manes  transvehebantur  a  Charonte  quodam,  qui  cum 
parva  scapha  ad  ripam  exspectabat.     Charon  pro  hoc 
officio  mercedem  postulabat,  neque  quemquam,  nisi  hoc 
praemium  prius  dedisset,  transvehere  volebat.     Quam  25 
ob  causam  mos  erat  apud  antiquos  nummum   in  ore 


28  Fabulae  Faciles 

mortui  ponere  eo  consilio,  ut  cum  ad  Stygem  venisset, 
pretiiim  traicctus  solvere  posset.  li  autem  qui  post 
mortem  in  terra  non  sepulti  erant  Stygem  translre  non 
potiierunt,  sed  in  rlpa  per  centum  annos  errare  coacti 
5  sunt ;  turn  demum  Orcum  intrare  licuit. 

51.  THE  REALM  OF  PLUTO 

Ut  autem  manes  Stygem  hoc  modo  transierant,  ad 

alterum  veniebant  flumen,  quod  Lethe  appcllabatur.  Ex 

hoc  flumine  aquam  bibere  cogebantur;  quod  cum  fecis- 

sent,  res  omnis  in  vita  gestas  e  memoria  deponebant. 

10  Denique  ad  sedem  ipsius  Plutonis  veniel^ant,  cuius  intro- 
itus  a  cane  Cerbero  custodiebatur.     Ibi  Pluto  nigro     y- 
vestitu  indutus  cum  uxore  Proserpina  in  soli 6  sedebatjc/ 
Stabant  etiam  non  procul  ab  eo  loco  tria  alia  solia,  in 
quibus    sedebant    Minos,    Rhadamanthus,    Aeacusque, 

15  iudices  apud  Inferos.  Hi  mortuls  ius  dicebant  et  praemia 
poenasque  constituebant.  BonI  enim  in  Campos  Elysios, 
sedem  beatorum,  veniebant;  improbi  autem  in  Tarta- 
rum  mittebantur  ac  multls  et  varils  supplicils  ibi  excru- 
ciabantur. 

52.  HERCULES  CROSSES  THE  STYX 
20  Hercules  postquam  imperia  Eurysthei  accepit,  in 
Laconiam  ad  Taenarum  statim  se  contulit;  ibi  enim 
spelunca  erat  ingenti  magnitudine,  per  quam,  ut  trade- 
batur,  homines  ad  Orcum  descendebant.  Eo  cum  venis- 
set, ex  incolis  quaeslvit  quo  in  loco  spelunca  ilia  sita 
25  esset ;  quod  cum  cognovisset,  sine  mora  descendcrc  con- 
stituit.  Nee  tamen  solus  hoc  iter  faciebat,  ^lercurius 
enim  et  Minerva  se  ei  socios  adiunxcrant.  Ubi  ad  rlj)am 
Stygis  vSnit,  Hercules  scapham  Charontis  consccndit, 


Hercules  29 


ad  ulteriorem  ripam  trans iret.  Cum  tamen  Hercules 
vir  esset  ingenti  magnitudine  corporis,  Charon  solvere 
nolebat;  magnopere  enim  verebatur  ne  scapha  sua  tanto 
pondere  onerata  in  medio  flumine  mergeretur.  Tandem 
tamen  minis  Herculis  territus  Charon  scapham  solvit,  et 
eum  incolumem  ad  ulteriorem  ripam  perduxit. 


53.  THE  LAST  LABOR  IS  ACCOMPLISHED 

Postquam  flumen  Stygem  hoc  modo  transiit,  Hercules 
in  sedem  ipsius  Plutonis  venit;    et  postquam  causam 
veniendi  docuit,  ab  eo  petivit  ut  Cerberum  auferre  sibi 
liceret.     Pluto,  qui  de  Hercule  famam  acceperat,  eum  10 
benigne  excepit,  et  facultatem  quam  ille  petebat  libenter 
dedit.  Postulavit  tamen  ut  Hercules  ipse,  cum  imperata 
Eurysthei  fecisset,  Cerberum  in  Orcum  rursus  recfuceret.// 
Hercules  hoc  pollicitus  est,  et  Cerberum,  quem  non  sine 
v'^magno    periculo    manibus    prehenderat,    summo    cum  15 
^  ^  labore  ex  Oreo  in  lucem  et  ad  urbem  Eurysthei  traxit. 
Eo    cum    venisset,   tantus    timor    animum   Eurysthei 
occupavit  ut  ex  atrio  statim  ref tigerit ;  cum  autem  pau- 
lum  se  ex  timore  recepisset,  multis  cum  lacrimis  obse- 
cravit  Herculem  ut  monstrum  sine  mora  in  Orcum  re- 20 
duceret.     Sic  contra  omnium  opinionem  duodecim  illi 
labores  quos  Pythia  praeceperat  intra  duodecim  annos 
confecti  sunt;   quae  cum  ita  essent,  Hercules  servitute 
tandem  liberatus  magno  cum  gaudio  Thebas  rediit. 

54.  THE  CENTAUR  NESSUS 

Postea  Hercules  multa  alia  praeclara  perfecit,  quae  25 
nunc  perscribere  longum  est.    Tandem  iam  aetate  pro- 
ectus  Deianiram,  Oenei  filiam,  in  matrimonium  duxit; 


30  Fabulae  Faciles 

post  tamen  tris  annos  accidit  ut  puerum  quendam,  cui 
nomen  erat  Eunomus,  casu  occlderit.  Cum  autem  mos 
esset  ut  si  quis  hominem  casu  occidisset,  in  exsilium  iret, 
Hercules  cum  uxore  sua  e  finibus  eius  civitatis  exire 
5  maturavit.  Dum  tamen  iter  faciunt,  ad  flumen  quoddam 
pervenerunt  in  quo  nullus  pons  erat;  ct  dum  quaerunt 
quonam  modo  flumen  transeant,  accurrit  centaurus  Nes- 
sus,  qui  viatoribus  auxilium  obtulit.  Hercules  igitur 
uxorem  suam  in  tergum  NessI  imposuit ;  tum  ipse  flumen 
lotranavit.  Nessus  autem  paulum  in  aquam  progressus 
ad  ripam  subito  revertebatur  et  Deianiram  auferre  cona- 
batur.  Quod  cum  animadvertisset  Hercules,  Ira  graviter 
commotus  arcum  intendit  et  pectus  NessI  sagitta  trans- 


fixit.  1 


55.  THE  POISONED  ROBE 


15  Nessus  igitur  sagitta  Herculis  transflxus  moriens 
humi  iacebat;  at  ne  occasionem  sul  ulclscendl  dimitteret, 
ita  locutus  est:   '"Tu,  Deianira,  verba  morientis  audi. 

*^~Si  amorem  mariti  tul  conservare  vis,  hunc  sanguinem 
qui  nunc  e  pectore  meo  eff unditur  sume  ac  repone ;  tum, 

2osi  umquam  in  susplcionem  tibi  venerit,  vestem  mariti 
hoc  sanguine  Inficies."  Haec  locutus  Nessus  animam 
efflavit;  Deianira  autem  nihil  mall  suspicata  imperata 
fecit.  Paulo  post  Hercules  bcllum  contra  Eurytum, 
rSgem  Oechaliae,  suscepit;    et  cum  rSgem  ipsum  cum 

25  fllils  interfecisset,  lolen  eius  filiam  captivam  secum  re- 
duxit.  Antequam  tamen  domum  venit,  navem  ad 
Cenaeum  promunturium  appulit,  et  in  tcrram  egressus 
aram  constituit,  ut  lovi  sacrificaret.  |  Dum  tamen  sacri- 
ficium  parat,  Licham  comitem  suum  domum  misit,  qui 


HERCULES,     NESSUS,    AND     DEJANIRA 


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vestem  albam  referret;  mos  enim  erat  apud  antiques, 
dum  sacrificia  facerent,  albam  vestem  gerere.  At  De- 
ianira  verita  ne  Hercules  amorem  erga  lolen  haberet, 
vestem  priusquam  Lichae  dedit,  sanguine  Nessi  infecit. 

56.  THE  DEATH  OF  HERCULES 

Hercules  nihil  mali  suspicans  vestem  quam  Lichas   5 
attulerat  statim  induit;  paulo  post  tamen  dolorem  per 
omnia  membra  sensit,  et  quae  causa  esset  eius  rei  ma- 
gnopere  mirabatur.     Dolore  paene  exanimatus  vestem 
detrahere  conatus  est;    ilia  tamen  in  corpore  haesit, 
j       neque  ullo  modo  abscindi  potuit.  Tum  demum  Hercules  10 
\^      quasi  furore  impulsus  in  montem  Oetam  se  contulit,  et 
in  rogum,  quem  summa  celeritate  exstrtixit,  se  imposuit. 
Hoc  cum  fecisset,  eos  qui  circumstabant  oravit  ut  rogum 
^^^lliam  celerrime  succenderent.    Omnes  diu  recusabant; 
tandem  tamen  pastor  quidam  ad  misericordiam  inductus  15 
ignem  subdidit.    Tum,  dum  omnia  fumo  obscurantur, 
Hercules  densa  nube  velatus  a  love  in  Olympum  abrep- 
tus  est.  y/  ^A,v^^" 


n 


THE  ARGONAUTS 

The  celebrated  voyage  of  the  Argonauts  wa^  brought  about 
in  this  way.  PeUas  hod  expelled  his  brother  Aeson  from 
his  kingdom  in  Thessaly,  and  had  determined  to  take  the 
life  of  Jason,  the  son  of  Aeson.  Jason,  however,  escaped 
and  grew  up  to  manhood  in  another  country.  At  last  he 
returned  to  Thessaly;  and  PeUas,  fearing  that  he  might 
attempt  to  recover  the  kingdom,  sent  him  to  fetch  the  Golden 
Fleece  from  Colchis,  supposing  this  to  be  an  impossible 
feat.  Jason  with  a  band  of  heroes  set  sail  in  the  ship  Argo 
(called  after  Argus,  its  builder),  and  after  many  adventures 
reached  Colchis.  Here  Aeetes,  king  of  Colchis,  who  was 
unwilling  to  give  up  the  Fleece,  set  Jason  to  perform  what 
seemed  an  impossible  task,  namely  to  plough  a  field  with 
certain  fire-breathing  oxen,  and  then  to  sow  it  with  dragon^  s 
teeth.  Medea,  however,  the  daughter  of  the  king,  assisted 
Jason  by  her  skill  in  magic,  first  to  perform  the  task  ap- 
pointed, and  then  to  procure  the  Fleece.  She  then  fled 
with  Jason,  and  to  delay  the  pursuit  of  her  father,  sacrificed 
her  brother  Absijrtus.  After  reaching  Thessaly,  Medea 
caused  the  death  of  PeUas  and  was  expelled  from  the 
country  with  her  husband.  They  removed  to  Corinth,  and 
here  Medea  becoming  jealous  of  Clause,  daughter  of 
Creon,  caused  her  death  by  means  of  a  poisoned  robe. 
She  was  afterward  carried  off  in  a  chariot  sent  by  the  sun- 
god,  and  a  little  later  Jason  was  axxidcntally  killed. 

82' 


The  Argonauts  33 


57.   THE  WICKED  UNCLE 

Erant  olim  in  Thessalia  duo  fratres,  quorum  alter 
Aeson,  Pelias  alter  appellabatur.  Aeson  primo  regnum 
obtinuerat ;  at  post  paucos  annos  Pelias  regni  cupiditate 
adductus  non  modo  fratrem  suum  expulit,  sed  etiam  in 
animo  habebat  lasonem,  Aesonis  filium,  interficere.  5 
Quidam  tamen  ex  amicls  Aesonis,  ubi  sententiam  Peliae 
cognoverunt,  puerum  e  tanto  perlculo  eripere  constitu- 
erunt.  Noctu  igitur  lasonem  ex  urbe  abstulerunt,  et 
cum  postero  die  ad  regem  rediissent,  ei  renuntiaverunt 
puerum  mortuum  esse.  Pelias  cum  hoc  audlvisset,  etsi  10 
re  vera  magnum  gaudium  percipiebat,  speciem  tamen 
doloris  praebuit  et  quae  causa  esset  mortis  quaesivit. 
nil  autem  cum  bene  intellegerent  dolorem  eius  falsum 
esse,  nescio  quam  fabulam  de  morte  pueri  finxerunt. 

58.  A  FATEFUL  ACCIDENT 

Post  breve  tempus  Pelias,  veritus  ne  regnum  suum  15 
tanta  vi  et  fraude  occupatum  amitteret,  amicum  quen- 
dam  Delphos  misit,  qui  oraculum  consuleret.   lUe  igitur 
quam  celerrime  Delphos  se  contulit  et  quam  ob  causam 
venisset  demonstravit.  Respondit  oraculum  nullum  esse 
in  praesentia  periculum;    monuit  tamen  Peliam  ut  si  20 
quis  unum  calceum  gerens  veniret,  eum  caveret.    Post 
paucis  annis  accidit  ut  Pelias  magnum  sacrificium  fac- 
ttirus  esset ;  nuntios  in  omnis  partis  dimiserat  et  certam 
diem  conveniendi  dixerat.  Die  constituta  magnus  homi- 
num  numerus  undique  ex  agris  convenit;  in  his  autem  25 
venit  etiam  lason,  qui  a  pueritia  apud  centaurum  quen- 


34:  Fabulae  Faciles 

dam  habitaverat.    Dum  tamen  iter  facit,  unum  e  calcels 
in  transeundo  nescio  quo  flumine  amisit. 

§9.  THE  GOLDEN  FLEECE 

lason  igitur  cum  calceum  amissum  nullo  modo  reci- 
pere  posset,  uno  pede  nudo  in  regiam  pervenit.  Quem 
5  cum  Pelias  vidisset,  subito  timore  adf  ectus  est ;  intellexit 
enim  hunc  esse  hominem  quem  oraculum  demonstra- 
visset.  Hoc  igitur  consilium  iniit.  Rex  erat  quidam 
Aeetes,  qui  regnum  Colchidis  illo  tempore  obtinebat. 
Huic  commissum  erat  vellus  illud  aureum  quod  Phrixus 

loolim  ibi  reliquerat.  Constituit  igitur  Pelias  lasoni  ne- 
gotium  dare  ut  hoc  vellere  potiretur;  cum  enim  res  esset 
magni  periculi,  eum  in  itinere  perittirum  esse  sperabat. 
lasonem  igitur  ad  se  arcesslvit,  et  eum  cohortatus  quid 
fieri  vellet  docuit.    Ille  etsi  intellegebat  rem  esse  difficil- 

islimam,  negotium  libenter  suscepit. 

60.  THE  BUILDING  OF  THE  GOOD  SHIP  ARGO ' 

Cum  tamen  Colchis  multorum  dierum  iter  ab  eo  loc6 

abesset,  solus  lason  proficisci  noluit.     Dimlsit  igitur 

nuntios  in  omnis  partis,  qui  causam  itineris  docerent  et 

diem  certam  conveniendl  dicerent.    Interea,  postquam 

20  omnia  quae  sunt  usul  ad  armandas  nftvls  comportari 

iussit,  negotium  dedit  Argo  cuidam,  qui  summam  scien- 

fA  __tiam  nauticarum  rerum  habebat,  ut  navem  aedificaret. 

\  ^    In  his  rgbus  circiter  decern  dies  c6nsumptl  sunt;  Argus 

enim,  qui  operl  praeerat,  tantam  dlligcntiam  adhibebat 

25  ut  he  noctumum  quidem  tempus  ad  laborem  intcrmit- 

teret.  Ad  multitudinem  hominum  transportandam  navis 

paulo  erat  latior  quam  quibus  in  nostrO  marl  (iti  cOn- 


The  Argonauts  35 


suevimus,  et  ad  vim  tempestatum  perferendam  tota  e 
robore  facta  est. 

6i.  THE  ANCHOR  IS  WEIGHED 
Interea  is  dies  appetebat  quern  lason  per  nuntios 
edlxerat,  et  ex  omnibus  regionibus  Graeciae  multi,  quos 
aut  rei  novitas  aut  spes  gloriae  movebat,  undique  con-  5 
veniebant/^Traditum  est  autem  in  hoc  numero  fuisse 
Herculem/  de  quo  supra  multa  perscvipsimus,  Orpheum, 
citharoedum  praeclarissimum,  Theseum,  Castorem,  mul- 
tosque  alios  quorum  nomina  sunt  notissima.     Ex  his 
lason  quos  arbitratus  est  ad  omnia  perlcula  subeunda  lo 
paratissimos  esse,  eos  ad  numerum  quinquaginta  delegit 
et  socios  sibi  adiunxit;   turn  paucos  dies  commoratus, 
ut  ad  omnis  casus  subsidia  compararet,  navem  dedtixit, 
et  tempestatem  ad  navigandum  idoneam  nactus  magno 
cum  plausu  omnium  solvit.  i5 

62.  A  FATAL  MISTAKE 
Haud  multo  post  Argonautae  (ita  enim  appellabantur 
qui  in  ista  navl  vehebantur)  insulam  quandam,  nomine 
Cyzicum,  attigerunt;  et  e  navi  egressi  a  rege  illius  regi- 
onis  hospitio  except!  sunt.    Paucas  horas  ibi  commorati 
ad  s5lis  occasum  rursus  solverunt;  sed  postquam  pauca  20 
miHa  passuum  progress!  sunt,  tanta  tempestas  subito 
coorta  est  ut  cursum  tenere  non  possent,  et  in  eandcm 
partem  !nsulae  unde  nuper  profect!  erant  magno  cum 
per!culo  deicerentur.     Incolae  tamen,  cum  nox  esset 
obsctjra,  Argonautas  non  agnoscebant,  et  navem  inim!-  25 
cam  venisse  arbitrat!  arma  rapuerunt  et  eos  egred!  pro- 
hibebant.    Acriter  in  litore  pugnatum  est,  et  rex  ipse, 
qu!  cum  alixs  decucurrerat;  ab  Argonautis  occisus  est. 


36  Fabulae  Faclles 

Mox  tamen,  cum  iam  dilucesceret,  senserunt  incolae  se 
errare  et  arma  abiecerunt;  Argonautae  autem  cum 
regem  occisum  esse  viderent,  magnum  dolorem  percepe- 
runt. 

63.  THE  LOSS  OF  HYLAS 
5  Postridie  eius  diei  lason  tempestatem  satis  idoneam 
esse  arbitratus  (summa  enim  tranquillitas  iam  consecuta 
erat),  ancoras  sustulit,  et  pauca  milia  passuum  pro- 
gressus  ante  noctem  Mysiam  attigit.  Ibi  paucas  horas 
in  ancoris  exspectavit;  a  nautis  enim  cognoverat  aquae 

locopiam  quam  secum  haberent  iam  deficere,  quam  ob 
causam  quidam  ex  Argonautis  in  terram  egressi  aquam 
quaerebant./  Horum  in  numero  erat  Hylas  quidam, 
puer  forma  praestantissima.  Qui  dum  fontem  quaerit, 
a  comitibus  paulum  secesserat.    Nymphae  autem  quae 

15  fontem  colebant,  cum  iuvenem  vidissent,  ei  persuadere 
conatae  sunt  ut  secum  maneret;  et  cum  ille  negaret  se 
hoc  facturum  esse,  puerum  vl  abstulerunt. 

Comites  eius  postquam  Hylam  amissum  esse  sense- 
runt,  magno  dolorc  adfccti  diu  frustra  quaerebant.  Her- 

2ocules  autem  et  Polyphemus,  qui  vestigia  puerl  longius 
secuti  erant,  ubi  tandem  ad  litus  redierunt,  lasonem 
solvisse  cognoverunt. 

64.  DIFFICULT  DINING 
Post  haec  Argonautae  ad  Thraciam  cursum  tenugrunt, 
et  postquam  ad  oppidum  Salmydessum  navem  appul6- 
25  runt,  in  terram  egressi  sunt.  Ibi  cum  ab  incolis  quae- 
sissent  quis  regnum  eius  regionis  obtineret,  certiores  facti 
simt  Phineum  quendam  turn  rggem  esse.  COgnoverunt 
etiam  hunc  caecum  esse  et  diro  quodam  suppliciO  adfici, 


The  Argonauts  37 


quod  olim  se  crudelissimum  in  filios  suos  praebuisset. 
Cuius  supplici  hoc  erat  genus.  Missa  erant  a  love  monstra 
quaedam  specie  horribili,  quae  capita  virginum,  corpora 
volucrum  habebanti  Hae  volucres,  quae  Harpyiae  appel- 
1  abantur,  Phineo  summam  molestiam  adferebant ;  quo-  5 
tiens  enim  ille  accubuerat,  veniebant  et  cibum  appositum 
statim  auferebant.  Quo  factum  est  ut  baud  multum 
abesset  quin  Phineus  fame  moreretur. 

65.  THE  DELIVERANCE  OF  PHINEUS 

Res  igitur  male  se  habebat  cum  Argonautae  navem 
/      ajjpulerunt.    Phineus  autem  simul  atque  audivit  eos  in  10 
u<^opos  finis  egressos  esse,  magnopere  gavisus  est.    Sciebat 
enim  quantam  opinionem  virtutis  Argonautae  haberent, 
nee  dubitabat  quin  sibi  auxilium  ferrent.      Nuntium 
igitur  ad  navem  misit,  qui  lasonem  sociosque  ad  regiam 
vocaret.       Eo   cum  venissent,   Phineus   demonstravit  15 
quant o  in  periculo  suae  res  essent,  et  promisit  se  magna 
praemia  daturum  esse,  si  illi  remedium  repperissent. 
►  ^.^^Pfgonautae  negotium  libentar  ^usceperunt,  et  ubi  hora 
' '      venit,  cum  rege  accubuerunj^  at  simul  ac  cena  apposita 
est,  Harpyiae  cenaculum  intraverunt  et  cibum  auferre  20 
con  abantur.     Argonautae  primum  gladiis  volucres  pe- 
tierunt;   cum  tamen  viderent  hoc  nihil  prodesse,  Zetes 
et  Calais,  qui  alis  erant  instructi,  in  aera  se  sublevave- 
runt,  ut  desuper  impetum  facerent.     Quod  cum  sen- 
sissent  Harpyiae,  rei  novitate  perterritae  statim  aufuge-  25 
runt,  neque  postea  umquam  redierunt. 

66.  THE  SYMPLEGADES 
Hoc  facto  Phineus,  ut  pro  tanto  beneficio  meritam 


38  Fabulae  Faciles 

gratiam  referret,  lasonl  demonstravit  qua  ratione  Sym- 
plegades  vitare  posset.  Symplegades  autem  duae  erant 
rupes  ingenti  magnitGdine,  quae  a  love  pdsitae  erant  eo 
consilio,  ne  quis  ad  Colchida  perveniret.  Hae  parvo 
5  intervallo  in  marl  natabant,  et  si  quid  in  medium  spatium 
venerat,  incredibili  celeritate  concurrebant.  Postquam 
igitur  a  Phineo  doctus  est  quid  faciendum  esset,  lason 
sublatis  ancorls  navem  solvit,  et  lenl  vento  provectus 
mox  ad  Symplegades  appropinquavit.  Tum  in  prora 
lostans  columbam  quam  in  manti  tenebat  emisit.  Ilia 
recta  via  per  medium  spatium  volavit,  et  priusquam 
rupes  confllxerunt,  incolumis  evasit  cauda  tantum 
amissa./  Tum  rupes  utrimque  discesserunt ;   antequam 


tamen  rursus  concurrerent,  Argonautae,  bene  intellegen- 
15  tes  omnem  spem  salutis  in  celeritate  positam  esse,  sum- 
ma  vi  remis  contenderunt  et  navem  incolumem  per- 
duxerunt.  Hoc  facto  dis  gratias  maximas  egerunt,  quo- 
rum auxilio  e  tanto  periculo  erepti  essent;  omnes  enim 
sciebant  non  sine  auxilio  deorum  rem  tam  feliciter 
20  evenisse. 

67.  A  HEAVY  TASK 

Brevi  intcrmisso  spatio  Argonautae  ad  flumen  Phasim 
venerunt,  quod  in  finibus  Colchorum  erat.  Ibi  cum 
navem  appulissent  et  in  terram  egress!  essent,  statim  ad 
regem  Aeetem  se  eontulerunt  et  ab  co  postulav^runt  ut 
25  vellus  aureum  sibi  traderetur.  Ille  cum  audivisset  quam 
ob  causam  Argonautae  venissent,  ira  commotus  est  ct 
diu  negabat  se  vellus  traditurum  esse.  Tandem  tamen, 
quod  sciebat  lasonem  non  sine  auxilio  deonim  h6c  ne- 
gotium  suscepisse,  mutata  sentcntia  prOmlsit  se  vellus 


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traditurum,  si  lason  labores  duos  difficillimos  prius  per- 
f ecisset ;  et  cum  lason  dixisset  se  ad  omnia  pericula  sub- 
eunda  paratum  esse,  quid  fieri  vellet  ostendit.  Primum 
iungendl  erant  duo  tauri  specie  horribili,  qui  flammas  ex 
ore  edebant ;  tum  his  iunctis  ager  quidam  arandus  erat  5 
et  dentes  draconis  serendi.  His  auditis  lason  etsi  rem 
esse  summi  periculi  intellegebat,  tamen,  ne  banc  occasi- 
onem  rei  bene  gerendae  amitteret,  negotium  suscepit, 

68.  THE  MAGIC  OINTMENT 
Medea,  regis  filia,  lasonem  adamavit,  et  ubi  audivit 
eum  tantum  periculum  subiturum  esse,  rem  aegre  fere-  lo 
«  bat.   Intellegebat  enim  patrem  suum  hunc  laborem  pro- 

I T  -«4i£)suisse  eo  ipso  consilio,  ut  lason  moreretur.  Quae  cum 
ita  essent,  Medea,  quae  summam  scientiam  medicinae 
habebat,  hoc  consilium  iniit.  Media  nocte  insciente  patre 
ex  urbe  evasit,  et  postquam  in  montis  finitimos  venit,  15 
herbas  quasdam  carpsit;  tum  suco  express©  unguentum 
paravit  quod  vi  sua  corpus  aleret  nervosque  confirmaret. 
Hoc  facto  lasoni  unguentum  dedit ;  praecepit  autem  ut 
eo  die  quo  isti  labores,  conficiendi  essent  corpus  suum  et 
arma  mane  oblineret/yiason  etsi  paene  omnibus  homini-  20 
bus  magnitudine  erAiribus  corporis  antecellebat  (vita 
enim  omnis  in  venationibus  atque  in  studio  rei  mllitaris 
consumebatur),  tamen  hoc  consilium  non  neglegendum 
esse  censebat. 

i^  69.  THE  SOWING  OF  THE  DRAGON'S  TEETH 

Ubi  is  dies  venit  quem  rex  ad  arandum  agrum  edix-  25 
erat,  lason  orta  luce  cum  sociis  ad  locum  constitutum 
se  contulit.    Ibi  stabulum  ingens  repperit,  in  quo  tauri 
erant  inclusi;  tum  portis  apertis  tauros  in  lucem  traxit, 


40  Fabulae  Faciles 

et  summa  cum  difficultate  iiigunj  imposuit.  At  Aeetes 
cum  videret  tauros  nihil  contra  lasonem  valere,  magno- 
pere  miratus  est;  nesciebat  enim  flliam  suam  auxilium 
ei  dedisse.  Turn  lason  omnibus  aspicientibus  agrum 
5  arare  coopit,  qua  in  re  tantam  diligentiam  praebuit  ut 
ante  meridiem  totum  opus  confecerit.  Hoc  facto  ad 
locum  ubi  rex  sedebat  adiit  et  dentis  draconis  postu- 
lavit;  quos  ubi  accepit,  in  agrum  quem  araverat  magna 
cum  diligcntia  sparsit|j  Horum  autcm  dentium  natura 
loerat  talis  ut  in  eo  loco  ubi  sementes  factae  essent  viri 
armati  miro  quodam  modo  gignerentur. 

70.  A  STRANGE  CROP 

Nondum  tamen  lason  totum  opus  confecerat;  impera- 

verat  enim  ei  Aeetes  ut  armatos  viros  qui  e  dcntibus 

1 '  ^   ^^Ipmerentur  solus  interficeret.j|  Postquam  igitur  omnis 

15  dentis  in  agrum  sparsit,  lasoh  lassitudine  exanimatus 

quietl  se  tradidit,  dum  virl  isti  gignerentur.  Paiicas  horas 

dormiebat,  sub  vesperum  tamen  e  somno  subito  excita- 

tus  rem  ita  evenisse  ut  praedictum  esset  cognovit;  nam 

in  omnibus  agri  partibus  virl  ingenti  magnitudine  cor- 

,  ,20  poris  gladiis  galeisque  armatinmlrum  in  modum  e  terra 

Wvi-      oriebantur.    Hoc  cognito  lasoti  consilium  quod  dcdisset 

Medea  non  omittendum  esse  putabat.     Saxum  igitur 

ingens  (ita  enim  Medea  praeceperat)  in  medios  viros 

coniecit.    111!  undique  ad  locum  concurrerunt,  et  cum 

25  quisquel  sibi  id  saxum  nescio  cur  habere  vellet,  magna 

controversia  orta  est.  /  Mox  strict  is  gladiis   inter   s6 

pugnare  coeperunt,  et  cum  hoc  modo  plurinii   occisi 

essent,  reUqui  vulneribus  confecti  a  lasoue  nuUo  ncgotiO 

interfectl  sunt. 


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71.  THE  FLIGHT  OF  MEDEA 
Rex  Aeetes  ubi  lasonem  laborem  propositum  con- 
fecisse  cognovit,  ira  graviter  commotus  est ;  id  enim  per 
dolum  factum  esse  intellegebat ;    nee  dubitabat  quin 
Medea  ei  auxilium  tulisset.    Medea  autem  cum  intelle- 
geret  se  in  magno  fore  periculo  si  in  regia  maneret,  fuga  5 
salutem  petere  constituit.      Omnibus  rebus  igitur  ad 
fugam  paratis  media  nocte  insciente  patre  cum  fratre 
Absyrto  evasit,  et  quam  celerrime  ad  locum  ubi  Argo 
subducta  erat  se  contulit.    Eo  cum  venisset,  ad  pedes 
lasonis  se  proiecit,  et  multls  cum  lacrimis  eum  obsecra-  10 
vit  ne  in  tanto  discrimine  mulierem  desereret  quae  ei 
tantum  profuisset.    Ille  quod  memoria  tenebat  se  per 
eius  auxilium  e  magno  periculo  evasisse,  libenter  eam 
excepit,  et  postquam  causam  veniendi  audivit,  hortatus 
est  ne  patris  iram  timeret.    Promisit  autem  se  quam  15 
primum  eam  in  navi  sua  avecturum. 

72.  THE  SEIZURE  OF  THE  FLEECE 
Postridie  eius  diei  lason  cum  sociis  suis  orta  luce 
navem  deduxit,  et  tempest atem  idoneam  nacti  ad  eum 
locum  remis  contenderunt,  quo  in  loco  Medea  vellus 
celatum  esse  demonstrabat.   Cum  eo  venissent,  lason  in  20 
terram  egressus  est,  et  sociis  ad  mare  relictis,  qui  prae- 
sidio  navT  essent,  ipse  cum  Medea  in  silvas  se  contulit. 
Pauca  milia  passuum  per  silvam  progressus  vellus  quod 
quaerebat  ex  arbore  suspensum  vidit.  Id  tamen  auferre 
erat  summae  difficult atis;    non  modo  enim  locus  ipse  25 
egregie  et  natura  et  arte  erat  munitus,  sed  etiam  draco 
quidam  specie  terribili  arborem  custodiebat.  Tum  Medea, 
quae,  ut    supr§,  d^monstravimus,  medicinae  summam 


42  Fabulae  Faciles 

scientiam  habuit,  ramum  quern  de  arbore  proxima  derl- 
puerat  veneno  Infecit.  Hoc  facto  ad  locum  appropin- 
quavit,  et  draconem,  qui  faucibus  apertis  eius  ad  vent  um 
exspectabat,  veneno  sparsit;  deinde,  dum  draco  somno 
5  oppressus  dormit,  lason  vellus  aureum  de  arbore  deripuit 
et  cum  Medea  quam  celerrime  pedem  rettulit. 

73.  THE  RETURN  TO  THE  ARGO 

Dum  autem  ea  geruntur,  Argonautae,  qui  ad  mare 
relicti  erant,  anxioanimo  reditum  lasonis  exspectabant  ; 
id  enim  negotium  summi  esse  periculi  intellegebant. 

loPostquam  igitur  ad  occasum  solis  frustra  exspectave- 
runt,  de  eius  salute  desperare  coeperunt,  nee  dubitabant 
quin  aliqui  casus  accidisset.  Quae  cum  ita  essent,  matu- 
randum  sibi  censuerunt,  ut  duci  auxilium  ferrent;  sed 
dum    proficisci    parant,   lumen   quoddam  subito   con- 

isspiciunt  mirum  in  modum  intra  silvas  refulgens,  et 
magnopere  mirati  quae  causa  esset  eius  rei  ad  locum 
concurrunt.  Quo  cum  venissent,  lasoni  et  Mediae  ad- 
venientibus  occurrerunt,  et  vellus  aureum  luminis  eius 
causam  esse  cognoverunt.    Omni  timore  sublato  magno 

20  cum  gaudio  ducem  suum  exceperunt,  et  dis  gratias 
maximas  egerunt  quod  res  tarn  feliciter  evenisset. 

74.  THE  PURSUIT 

His  rebus  gestis  omnes  sine  mora  navem  rOrsus  c6n- 

scenderunt,  et  sublatis  ancoris  prima  vigilia  solv6runt; 

neque  enim  satis  tutum  esse  arbitrati  sunt  in  e6  locO 

25manere.     At  rgx  AcStes,  qui  iam  ante   inimic5  in  e6s 

fuerat  animo,  ubi  cognOvit  filiam  suam  n5n  mode  ad 


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Argonautas  se  recepisse  sed  etiam  ad  vellus  auferendum 
auxilium  tulisse,  hoc  dolore  gravius  exarsit.  Navem 
longam  quam  celerrime  deduci  iussit,  et  miliiibus  im- 
fli^ositls  fugientls  insecutus  est.  Argonautae,  qui  rem  in 
discrimine  esse  bene  sciebant,  omnibus  viribus  remis  5 
contendebant ;  cum  tamen  navis  qua  vehebantur  ingenti 
esset  magnitudinc,  non  eadem  celeritate  qua  Colchi 
progredi  poterant.  Quo  factum  est  ut  minimum  abesset 
quin  a  Colchis  sequentibus  caperentur,  neque  enim 
longius  intererat  quam  quo  telum  adici  posset.  At  lo 
IVIedea  cum  vidisset  quo  in  loco  res  essent,  paene 
oijini  spe  deposita  infandimi  hoc  consiUum  cepit. 


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75.  A  FEARFUL  EXPEDIENT 


Erat  in  navT  Argonautarum  filius  quidam  regis  Aeetae, 
nomine   Absyrtus,    quem,   ut   supra   demonstravimus, 
Medea  ex  ur])e  fugiens  secum  abduxerat.'  Hunc  puerum  15 
Medea  interficere  constituit  eo  consiho,  ut  membrLs  eius 
in  mare  coniectis  cursum  Colchorum  impediret;    certo 
enim  sciebat  Aeetem,  cum  membra  fill  vidisset,  non 
longius  prosecuturum  esse.  Neque  opinio  Medeam  fefelHt, 
omnia  enim  ita  evenerunt  ut  speraverat.     Aeetes  ubi  20 
primum  membra  vidit,  ad  ea  conUgenda  navem  teneri 
iussit.    Dum  tamen  ea  genmtur,  Argonautae  non  inter- 
misso  remigandi  labore  mox  e  conspectu  hostium  aufere- 
bantur,  neque  prius  fugere  destiterunt  quam  ad  flumen 
Eridanum  pervenerunt.     Aeetes  nihil  sibi  profuturum25 
esse  arbitratus  si  longius  progressus  esset,  animo  demisso 
domum  revertit,  ut  fili  corpus  ad  sepultiiram  daret. 


44  Fabulae  Faclles 

76.  THE  BARGAIN  WITH  PELIAS 
Tandem  post  multa  perlcula  lason  in  eundem  locum 
pervenit  unde  profectus  erat.  Turn  e  navi  egressus  ad 
regem  Peliam,  qui  regnum  adhuc  obtinebat,  statim  se 
contulit,  et  vellere  aureo  monstrato  ab  eo  postulavit  ut 
5  regnum  sibi  traderetur;  Pelias  enim  pollicitus  erat,  si 
lason  vellus  rettulisset,  se  regnum  ei  tradittirum.  Post- 
quam  lason  quid  fieri  vellet  ostendit,  Pelias  primo  nihil 
respondit,  scd  diu  in  eadem  tristitia  tacitus  permansit; 
tandem  ita  locutus  est:  '^Vides  me  aetate  iam  esse  con- 

lofectum,  neque  dubium   est   quin  dies  supremus  mihi 

appropinquet.      Liceat  igitur   mihi,  dum  vivam,  hOc 

regnum  obtinere;    cum  autem   tandem   decessero,   tu 

mihi  succedes."    Hac  oratione  adductus  lason  responr 

it  se  id  facturum  quod  ille  rogasset^j 

77.  MAGIC  ARTS 

15  His  rebus  cognitis  Medea  rem  aegre  tulit,  et  regni 
cupiditate  adducta  mortem  regl  per  dolum  Inferre  con- 
stituit.  Hoc  constitute  ad  fllias  regis  venit  atque  ita 
locuta  est:  "Videtis  patrem  vestrum  aetate  iam  esse 
confectum    neque   ad   laborem   regnandl  perferendum 

cQ^atis  valerc.    Vultisne  cum  rursus  iuvenem  fieri?"    Turn 

iliae  regis  ita  responderunt :    "Num  h6c  fieri  potest? 

Quis  enim  umquam  e  sene  iuvcnis  factus  est?"      At 

Medea  respondit:    ''Me    medicinae    summam    habere 

scientiam  scitis.     Nunc   igitur  vobis  demonstrabo  qu5 

25  modo  haec  res  fieri  possit."     Postquam  finem  loquendi 

""fecit,  arietem  aetate  iam  confectum interfecit  et  membra 
6ius  in  vfise  aeneo  posuit,  atque  igni  supposito  in 
aquam  herbas  quasdam  infudit.    Turn,  dum  aqua  cffer- 


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vesceret,  carmen  magicum  cantabat.    Mox  aries  e  vase 
exsiluit  et  viribus  refectis  per  agros  currebat. 

78.  A  DANGEROUS  EXPERIMENT 
"*p    Dum  flliae  regis  hoc  miraculum  stupentes  intuentur, 
Medea  ita  locfita  est : '' Videtis  quantum  valeat  medicina. 
Vos  igitur,  si  vultis  patrem  vestrum  in  adulescentiam   5 
reducere,  id  quod  feci  ipsae  facietis.  Vos  patris  membra 
in  vas  conicite;  ego  herbas  magicas  praebebo."    Quod 
ubi  auditum  est,  flliae  regis  consilium  quod  dedisset 
Medea   non  omittendum   putaverunt.      Patrem  igitur 
Peliam  necaverunt  et  membra  eius  in  vas  aeneum  conie-  10 
cerunt;  nihil  autem  dubitabant  quin  hoc  maxime  ei  pro- 
futurum  esset.    At  res  omnino  aliter  evenit  ac  sperave- 
rant,  Medea  enim  non  easdem  herbas  dedit  quibus  ipsa 
tisa  erat.     Itaque  postquam  diu  frtistra  exspectaverunt, 
patrem  suum  re  vera  mortuum  esse  intellexerunt.    His  15 
rebus  gestis  Medea  se  cum  coniuge  suo  regnum  acceptu- 
ram  esse  sperabat;   sed  cives   cum   intellegerent    quo 
modo   Pelias   periisset,  tantum  scelus   aegre  tulerunt.' 
Itaque    lasone  et   Medea    e   regno  expulsis  Acastum 
regem  creaverunt.  20 

79.  A  FATAL  GIFT 
lason  et  Medea  e  Thessalia  expulsi  ad  urbem  Corin- 
thum  venerunt,  cuius  urbis  Creon  quidam  regnum  tum 
obtinebat.  Erat  autem  CreontI  filia  una,  nomine  Glauce. 
Quam  cum  vidisset,  lason  constituit  Medeae  uxori  suae 
nuntium  mittere  eo  consiho,  ut  Glaucen  in  matrimonium  25 
duceret.  At  Medea  ubi  intellexit  quae  ille  in  animo 
haberet,  ira  graviter  commota  iure  iurando  confirmavit 
se  tantam  iniuriam  ulturam.  Hoc  igitur  consilium  cepit. 
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46  Fabulae  Faciles 

Vestem  paravit  summa  arte  textam  et  variis  coloribus 
infectam;  hanc  mortifero  quodam  veneno  tinxit,  cuius 
VIS  talis  erat  ut  si  quis  earn  vestem  induisset,  corpus 
eius  quasi  igni  ureretur.  Hoc  facto  vestem  ad  Glaucen 
5  misit ;  ilia  autem  nihil  mall  suspicans  domim  libenter 
accepit,  et  vestem  novam  more  feminarum  statim  induit. 

80.  MEDEA  KILLS  HER  SONS 

Vix  vestem  induerat  Glauce  cum  dolorem  gravem  per 
omnia  membra  sensit,  et  paulo  post  crudell  cruciatu  ad- 
fecta  e  vita  excessit.  His  rebus  gestis  Medea  furore  atque 

10  amentia  impulsa  fllios  suos  necavit;  tum  magnum  sibi 

fore  perlculum  arbitrata  si  in  Thessalia  maneret,  ex  ea 

regione  fugere  constituit.    Hoc  constituto  solem  oravit 

\  A   «^t  in  tanto  perlculo  auxilium  sibi  praeberet.   Sol  autem 

his  precibus   commotus  currum  misit  cui  erant  iuncti 

15  dracones  alis  instruct!.  Medea  non  omittendam  tantam 
occasionem  arbitrata  currum  ascendit,  itaque  per  Sera 
vecta  incolumis  ad  urbem  Athenas  pervenit.  lason  ipse 
brevi  tempore  miro  modo  occisus  est.  Accidit  sive  casu 
sive  consilio  deorum  ut  sub  umbra  navis  suae,  quae  in 

2olitus  subducta  erat,  dormiret.  Mox  navis,  quae  adhuc 
erecta  steterat,  in  eam  partem  ubi  lason  iacebat  su- 
«to  delapsa  virum  infelicem  oppressit. 


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MEDEA  MEDITATING  THE  MURDER  OF  HER  SONS 


ULYSSES 

Ulysses,  a  famous  Greek  hero,  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  long  siege  of  Troy.  After  the  fall  of  the  city,  he  set  out 
with  his  followers  on  his  homeward  voyage  to  Ithdca,  an 
island  of  which  he  was  king;  hut  being  driven  out  of  his 
course  hy  northerly  winds,  he  was  compelled  to  tou^h  at  the 
country  of  the  Lotus-eaters,  who  are  supposed  to  have  lived 
on  the  north  coast  of  Africa.  Some  of  his  comrades  were 
so  delighted  with  the  lotus  fruit  that  they  wished  to  remain 
in  the  country,  hut  Ulysses  compelled  them  to  emhark  again 
and  continued  his  voyage.  He  next  came  to  the  island  of 
Sicily,  and  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  giant  Polyphemus,  one 
of  the  Cyclopes.  After  several  of  his  comrades  had  been 
killed  hy  this  monster,  Ulysses  made  his  escape  hy  stratagem 
and  reached  the  country  of  the  winds.  Here  he  received 
the  help  of  Aedlus,  king  of  the  winds,  and  having  set  sail 
again,  arrived  within  sight  of  Ithdca;  hut  owing  to  the 
folly  of  his  companions,  the  winds  became  suddenly  ad- 
verse and  he  was  again  driven  back.  He  then  touched  at 
an  island  which  was  the  home  of  Circe,  a  powcrfxd  en- 
chantress, who  exercised  her  charms  on  his  companions 
and  turned  them  into  swine.  By  the  help  of  the  god 
Mercury,  Ulysses  not  only  escaped  this  fate  himself,  but 
also  forced  Circe  to  restore  her  victims  to  hum/in  shape. 
After  staying  a  year  with  Circe,  he  again  set  out  and  even- 
tually reached  his  home, 

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8 1.  HOMEWARD  BOUND 

Urbem  Troiam  a  Graecis  decern  annos  obsessam  esse 
satis  constat;  de  hoc  enim  bello  Homerus,  maximus 
poet  xrum  Graecorum,  Iliadem  opus  notissimum  scripsit. 
Troia  tandem  per  insidias  capta,  Graeci  longo  bello  fessi 
domum  redire  maturaverunt.  Omnibus  rebus  igitur  ad  5 
profectionem  paratis  navis  dedtixerunt,  et  tempestatem 
idoneam  nacti  magno  cum  gaudio  solverunt.  Erat  inter 
primos  Graecorum  Ulixes  quidam,  vir  summae  virtutis 
ac  prtidentiae,  quern  dicunt  nonntilli  dolum  istum  exco- 
gitasse  quo  Troiam  captam  esse  constat.  Hic  regnum  lo 
insulae  Ithacae  obtinuerat,  et  paulo  antequam  cum  reli- 
quis  Graecis  ad  bellum  profectus  est,  puellam  formo- 
sissimam,  nomine  Penelopen,  in  matrimonium  duxerat. 
Nunc  igitur  cum  iam  decem  annos  quasi  in  exsilio  con- 
Bumpsisset,  magna  cupiditate  patriae  et  uxoris  videndae  15 
ardebat. 

82.  THE  LOTUS-EATERS 

Postquam  tamen  pauca  milia  passuum  a  litore  Troiae 
progress!  sunt,  tanta  tempestas  subito  coorta  est  ut 
nulla  navium  cursum  tenere  posset,  sed  aliae  alias  in 
partis  disicerentur.  Navis  autem  qua  ipse  Ulixes  vehe-  20 
batur  vi  tempestatis  ad  meridiem  delata  decimo  die  ad 
litus  Libyae  appulsa  est.  Ancoris  iactis  Ulixes  consti- 
tuit  nonnullos  e  sociis  in  terram  exponere,  qui  aquam 
ad  navem  referrent  et  qualis  esset  natura  eius  regionis 
cognoscerent.  Hi  igitur  e  navi  egressi  imperata  facere  25 
parabant.  Dum  tamen  fontem  quaerunt,  quibusdam  ex 
incolis  ob^dam  facti  ab  iis  hospitio  accepti  sunt.  Accidit 
autem  ut  maior  pars  victus  eorum  hominum  in  miro 


50  Fabulae  Faclles 

quodam  fructu  qucm  lotum  appellabant  consistcret. 
Quam  cum  Graeci  gustassent,  patriae  et  sociorum  sta- 
tim  oblltl  conflrmaverunt  se  semper  in  ea  terra  man- 
stiros,  lit  diilci  illo  cibo  in  perpetuum  vescercntur. 

83.  THE  RESCUE 
5  Ulixes  cum  ab  hora  septima  ad  vesperum  exspectas- 
set,  veritus  ne  socii  sul  in  perlculo  versarentur,  nonnullos 
e  reliquis  misit,  ut  quae  causa  esset  morae  cognoscerent. 
Hi  igitur  in  terram  expositi  ad  vicum  qui  non  longe 
aberat  se  contulerunt;   quo  cum  venissent,  socios  suos 

10  quasi  vino  ebrios  reppererunt.  Turn  ubi  caiisam  veni- 
endi  docuerunt,  iis  persuadere  conabantur  ut  secum  ad 
navem  redirent.  Illi  tamen  resistere  ac  manti  se  defen- 
dere  coeperunt,  saepe  clamitantes  se  numquam  ex  eo 
loco  abituros.   Quae  cum  ita  essent,  nuntii  re  infecta  ad 

15  Ulixem  redierunt.  His  rebus  cQgnitis  ipse  cum  omnibus 
qui  in  navi  relicti  erant  ad  locum  venit;  et  socios  suos 
frustra  hortatus  ut  sua  sponte  redirent,  manibus  eorum 
post  terga  vinctis  invitos  ad  navem  report avit.  Turn 
ancoris  sublatis  quam  celerrime  e  portu  solvit. 
84.  THE  ONE-EYED  GIANT 

20  Postquam  ea  tota  nocte  remls  contenderunt,  postridi6 
ad  terram  ignotam  navem  appulerunt.  Tum,  quod  na- 
turam  6ius  regionis  ignorabat,  ipse  Ulixes  cum  duo- 
decim  e  sociis  in  terram  egressus  loca  explorare  consti- 
tuit.    Paulum  a  litore  progressi  ad  speluncam  ingentem 

25  pervenerunt,  quam  habitari  sensgrunt;  6ius  enim  in- 
troitum  et  natura  loci  et  manu  munitum  esse  animad- 
vertgrunt.  Mox,  otsi  intcllegebant  se  non  sine  perlculo 
id  facturos,  speluncam  intra verunt;  quod  cum  fgcissent, 


Ulysses  51 

magnam  copiam  lactis  in  vasis  ingentibus  conditam  in- 
venerunt.  Dum  tamen  mirantur  quis  in  ea  sede  habi- 
taret,  sonitum  terribilem  audiverunt,  et  oculis  ad  portam 
tortis  monstrum  horribile  viderunt,  humana  quidem 
specie  et  figura,  sed  ingenti  magnitudine  corporis.  Cum  5 
autem  animadvertissent  monstrum  unum  oculum  tan- 
tum  habere  in  media  f route  positum,  intellexenmt  hunc 
esse  unum  e  Cyclopibus,  de  quibus  famam  iam  accepe- 

rant.  ^^ 

85.  THE  GIANT'S  SUPPER 

Cyclopes  autem  pastores  erant  quidam  qui  insulam  10 
Siciliam  et  praecipue  montem  Aetnam  incolebant;   ibi 
enim  Vole  anus,  praeses  fabrorum  et  Ignis  repertor,  cuius 
servi  Cyclopes  erant,  officinam  suam  habebat. 

Graeci  igitur  simul  ac  monstrum  viderunt,  terrore 
paene  exanimati  in  interiorem  partem  speluncae  refuge-  15 
runt  et  se  ibi  abdere  conabantur,  Polyphemus  autem 
(sic  enim  Cyclops  appellabatur)  pecus  suum  in  spelun- 
cam  compulit ;  deinde,  cum  saxo  ingenti  portam  obstrux- 
isset,  ignem  in  media  spelunca  fecit.  Hoc  facto,  oculo 
omnia  perltistrabat,  et  cum  sensisset  homines  in  interiore  20 
parte  speluncae  esse  abditos,  magna  voce  exclamavit: 
^^Qui  homines  estis?  Mercatores  an  latrones?''  Tum 
Ulixes  respondit  se  neque  mercatores  esse  neque  prae- 
dandi  causa  venisse ;  sed  a  Troia  redeuntis  vi  tempesta- 
tum  a  recto  cursu  depulsos  esse.  Oravit  etiam  ut  sibi  25 
sine  iniuria  abire  liceret.  Tum  Polyphemus  quaesivit 
ubi  esset  navis  qua  vecti  essent;  sed  Ulixes  cum  sibi 
maxime  praecavendum  esse  bene  intellegeret,  respondit 
navem  suam  in  riipis  coniectam  omnino  fractam  esse. 
Polyphemus  autem  niillo  response  dato  duo  e  sociis  manu  30 


52  Fabulae  Faciles 


corripuit,  et  membris  eorum  divulsls  carncm  devorare 
coepit. 

86.  A  DESPERATE  SITUATION 

Dum  haec  geruntur,  Graecorum  animos  tantus  terror 
occupavit  ut  ne  vocem  quidem  edere  possent,  sed  omni 
5spe  salutis  deposita  mortem  praesentem  exspectarent. 
Polyphemus,  postquam  fames  hac  tam  horribili  cena 
depulsa  est,  himii  prostratus  somno  se  dedit.  Quod 
cum  vidisset  Ulixes,  tantam  occasionem  rei  gerendae 
non  omittendam  arbitratus,  in  eo  erat  ut  pectus  monstri 

pogladio  transflgeret.  Cum  tamen  nihil  temere  agendum 
existimaret,  constituit  explorare,  antequam  hoc  faceret, 
qua  ratione  ex  spelunca  evadere  possent.  At  cum  saxum 
animadvertisset  quo  introitus  obstructus  erat,  nihil  sibi 
profuturum    intellexit    si    Polyphemum    interfecisset. 

isT^nta  enim  erat  eius  saxi  magnitudo  ut  ne  a  decem  qui- 
dem hominibus  amoverl  posset.  Quae  cum  ita  essent, 
Ulixes  hoc  conatu  destitit  et  ad  socios  rediit;  qui  cum 
intellexissent  quo  in  loco  res  essent,  nulla  spe  salutis 
oblata  de  fortunis  suis  desperare  coeperunt.     Ille  tamen 

20 ne  animos  demitterent  vehementer  hortatus  est;  de- 
monstravit  se  iam  antea  e  multis  et  magnis  pcrlculls 
evasisse,  neque  dubium  esse  quin  in  tanto  discrimine  dl 
auxilium  laturi  essent. 

87.  A  PLAN  FOR  VENGEANCE 

Orta  iQce  Polyphemus  iam  e  somno  excitatus  idem 

25  quod  hesterno  die  fecit;  correptis  enim  duobus  6  reliquis 

virLs  camem  eorum  sine  mora  devoravit.     Tum,  cum 

saxum  amovisset,  ipse  cum  pccore  suo  ex  spelunca  pr6- 

grcssus  est;  quod  cum  Graeci  vidgrent,  magnam  in  spem 


Ulysses  53 

se^ost  pallium  evasuros  venerunt.  Mox  tamen  ab  hac 
spe  repulsi  sunt ;  nam  Polyphemus,  postquam  omnes  oves 
exierunt,  saxum  in  locum  restituit.  ReliquI  omni  spe 
salutis  deposita  lamentis  lacrimisque  se  dediderunt ; 
Ulixes  vero,  qui,  ut  supra  demonstravimus,  vir  magnl  5 
fuit  consill,  etsi  intellegebat  rem  in  discrlmine  esse,  non- 
dum  omnino  desperabat.  Tandem,  postquam  diu  haec 
toto  animo  cogitavit,  hoc  consilium  cepit.  E  lignis 
quae  in  spelunca  reposita  erant  palum  magnum  delegit. 
Hunc  summa  cum  diligentia  praeacutum  fecit;  tum,  lo 
postquam  socils  quid  fieri  vellet  ostendit,  reditum  Poly- 
phemi  exspectabat. 

88.  A  GLASS  TOO  MUCH 
Sub  vesperum  Polyphemus  ad  speluncam  rediit,  et 
eodem  modo  quo  antea  cenavit.     Tum  Ulixes  utrem 
vinl   prompsit,    quem   forte    (id    quod   el  _erat   saluti)  15 
secum  attulerat;  et  postquam  magnum  poculum  vino 
complevit,  monstrum  ad  bibendum  provocavit.     Poly- 
phemus, qui  numquam  antea  vinum  gustaverat,  totum 
poculum  statim  exhausit;  quod  cum  fecisset,  tantam 
voluptatem  percepit  ut  iterum  et  tertium  poculum  re- 20 
pleri   iusserit/  Tum,   cum  quaesivisset    quo    nomine 
Ulixes  appellaretur,  ille  respondit  se  Neminem  appel- 
lari;  quod  cum  audlvisset,  Polyphemus  ita  locutus  est: 
''Hanc  tibi   gratiam   pro   tanto   beneficio   rcferam;  te 
postremum  onrnium  devorabo."     Hoc  cum  dixisset,  cibo  25 
vinoque  gravis  recubuit  et  brevi  tempore  somno  oppres- 
sus  est.     Tum  UUxes  sociis  convocatis,  ^'Habemus,''  in- 
quit,  "quam  petiimus  facultatem;  ne  igitur  tantam  oc- 
casionem  rei  gerendae  omittamus." 


54  Fabulae  Faciles 

89.  THE  BLINDING  OF  POLYPHEMUS 
Hac  oratione  habita,  postquam  cxtremum  palum  igni 
calefecit,  oculum  Polyphemi  dormientis  fervent!  ligno 
perf odit ;  quo  facto  omnes  in  diversas  speluncae  partis^ 
abdiderunt.  At  ille  subito  illo  dolore  oculi  e  somno 
sexcitatus  clamorem  terribilem  sustulit,  et  dum  per 
speluncam  errat,  Ulixem  manu  prehendere  conaba- 
tur;  cum  tamen  iam  omnlno  caecus  esset,  nuUo  modo 
hoc  efficere  potuit.  Interea  reliqui  Cyclopes  clamore 
audito  undique  ad  speluncam  convenerunt,  et  ad  introi- 

10  tum  adstantes  quid  Polyphemus  ageret  quaesiverunt,  et 
quam  ob  causam  tantum  clamorem  sustulisset.  Ille  re- 
spondit  se  graviter  vulneratum  esse  et  magno  dolore 
adfici.  Cum  tamen  postea  quaesivissent  quis  el  vim  in- 
tulisset,  respondit  ille  Neminem  id  fecisse;  quibus  rebus 

isauditis  unus  e  Cyclopibus:  *^At  si  nemo,"  inquit,  "te 
vulneravit,  haud  dubium  est  quin  consilio  deorum,  qui- 
bus resistere  nee  possumus  nee  volumus,  hoc  supplicio 
adficiaris."  Hoc  cum  dixisset,  abierunt  Cyclopes  eum 
in  insaniam  incidisse  arbitrati. 

90.  THE  ESCAPE 

20  Polyphemus  ubi  socios  suos  abiisse  sensit,  furore 
atque  amentia  impulsus  Ulixem  iterum  quaerere  coepit; 
tandem  cum  portam  invenisset,  saxum  quo  obstructs 
erat  amovit,  ut  pecus  in  agros  exiret.  '  Tum  ipse  in 
introitu  consedit,  et  ut  quaeque  ovis  ad  hunc  locum  ve- 

25  nerat,  eius  tergum  manibus  tractabat,  ne  virl  inter  ovis 
exire  possent.  Quod  cum  animadvertisset  Ulixgs,  intel- 
lexit  omnem  spem  salutis  in  dolo  magis  quam  in  virtute 
poni.     Itaque  hoc  consilium  iniit.     Primum  trfe  qufis 


Ulysses  55 


vidit  pinguissimas  ex  ovibus  delegit,  quas  cum  inter  se 
viminibus  coniunxisset,  unum  ex  sociis  suis  ventribus 
earum  ita  subiecit  ut  omnino  lateret;  deinde  ovis  homi- 
nem  secum  ferentis  ad  portam  egit.  Id  accidit  quod 
fore  suspicatus  erat.  Polyphemus  enim  postquam  terga  5 
ovium  manibus  tractavit,  eas  praeterire  passus  est. 
Ulixes  ubi  rem  tam  feliciter  evenisse  vidit,  omnis  socios 
suos  ex  ordirie  eodem  modo  emisit;  quo  facto  ipse 
novissimus  evasit. 

91.  OUT  OF  DANGER 
His  rebus  ita  confectis,  Ulixes  veritus  ne  Polyphe-  10 
mus  fraudem  sentiret,  cum  sociis  quam  celerrime  ad 
litus   contendit;   quo   cum  venissent,   ab   iis   qui  navl 
praesidio  relicti  erant  magna  cum  laetitia  excepti  sunt. 
Hi  enim  cum  anxiis  animis  iam  tris  dies  continuos  redi- 
tum  eorum  exspectavissent,  eos  in  aliquod  periculum  15 
magnum  incidisse  (id  quidem  quod  erat)  suspicati,  ipsi 
auxiliandi  causa  egredi  parabant.     Tum  Ulixes  non  satis 
tutum  arbitratus  in  eo  loco  manere,  quam  celerrime  pro- 
ficlsci  constituit.     lussit  igitur  omnis  navem  conscendere, 
et  ancoris  sublatis  paulum  a  litore  in  altum  provectus  20 
est-      Tum  magna  voce  exclamavit:  ''Tu,  Polypheme, 
qui  iiira  hospiti  spernis,  iustam  et  debitam  poenam  im- 
manitatis  tuae  solvisti."     Hac  voce  audita  Polyphemus 
ira  vehementer  commotus  ad  mare  se  contulit,  et  ubi 
navem  paulum  a  litore  remotam  esse  intellexit,  saxum  25 
ingens  manu  correptum  in  eam  partem  coniecit  unde  vo- 
cem  venire  sensit.     Graeci  autem,  etsi  non  multum  afuit 
quin  submergerentur,  nOllo  damno  accepto  cursum  te- 
nuerunt. 


^6  Fabulae  Faciles 


92.  THE  COUNTRY  OF  THE  WINDS 
Pauca  milia  passuum  ab  eo  loco  progressus  Ulixes  ad 
insulam   Aeoliam   navem   appulit.     Haec   patria   erat 
ventorum. 

"Hic  vasto  rex  Aeolus  antro 
5  luctantls  ventos  tempestatesque  sonoras 

imperio  premit  ac  vinclis  et  carcere  frenat." 

Ibi  rex  ipse  Graecos  hospitio  excepit,  atque  lis  persuasit 

ut  ad  recuperandas  vlris  paucos  dies  in  ea  regione  com- 

morarentur.     Septimo  die  cum  socii  e  laboribus  se  rece- 

lopissent,  Ulixes,  ne  anni  tempore  a  navigatione  exclude- 

retur,    sibi    sine    mora    proficiscendum   statuit.     Tinn 

Aeolus,  qui  sciebat  Ulixem  cupidissimum  esse  patriae 

videndae,  ei  iam  profecturo  magnum  saccum  e  corio 

confectum     dedit,    in     quo    ventos      omnis     praeter 

15  unum  incluserat.     Zephyrum  tantum  solverat,  quod  ille 

ventus  ab  Insula  Aeolia  ad  Ithacam  naviganti  est  secun- 

^    ,         dus.     Ulixes  hoc  donum  libenter  accepit,  et  gratiis  pro 

tan  to  beneficio  actis  saccum  ad  malum  adligavit.     Turn 

omnibus  rebus  ad  profectionem  paratis  meridiano  fere 

20  tempore  e  portu  solvit. 

93.  THE  WIND-BAG 
Novem  dies  secundissimo  vento  cursum  tenuerunt, 
iamque  in  conspectum  patriae  suae  venerant,  cum 
Ulixes  lassitudine  confectus  (ipse  enim  gubernabat) 
ad  quietem  capiendam  recubuit.  At  socii,  qui  iam 
25dudum  mirabantur  quid  in  illo  sacco  inclusum  esset, 
cum  ducem  somno  oppressum  viderent,  tantam  occft- 
sionem  non  omittendam  arbitrati  sunt;  cr6debant 
enim  aurum  et  argentum  ibi  esse  cel&ta.    Itaquo  sp6 


Ulysses  57 

lucrl  adducti  saccum  sine  mora  solverunt,  qii5  facto  venti 

'S^elut  agmine  facto 
qua  data  porta  ruunt,  et  terras  turbine  perflant." 
Hie  tanta  tempestas  subito  coorta  est  ut  illi  cursum 
tenere  non  possent  sed  in  eandem  partem  unde  erant  5 
profectl  referrentur.  Ulixes  e  somno  excitatus  quo  in 
loco  res  esset  statim  intellexit;  saccum  solutum,  Ithacam 
PQSt-tergum  relictam  vidit.  Tum  vero  ira  vehementer 
exarsit  sociosque  obiurgabat  quod  cupiditate  pecuniae 
adducti  spem  patriae  videndae  proiecissent.  lo 

94.  A  DRAWING  OF  LOTS 
1  Brevi  spatio  intermisso  Graeci  insulae  cuidam  appro- 
pinquaverunt  in  qua  Circe,  fllia  Solis,  habitabat.     Quo 
cum  navem  appulisset,  Ulixes  in  terram  frumentandi 
causa  egrediendum  esse  statuit;  nam  cognoverat  fru- 
mentum  quod  in  navi  haberent  iam  deficere.     Sociis  15 
igitur  ad  se  convocatLs  quo  in  loco  res  esset  et  quid 
fieri    vellet    ostendit.     Cum    tamen    omnes    memoria 
tenerent  quam  crudeli  morte  necati  essent  ii  qui  ntiper 
e  navi  egressi  essent,  nemo  repertus  est  qui  hoc  nego- 
tium  suscipere  vellet. i'    Quae  cum  ita  essent,  res  ad  con-  20 
troversiam  deducta  est.     Tandem  Ulixes  consensu  om- 
nium socios  in  duas  partis  divLsit,  quarum  alteri  Eury- 
lochus,  vir  summae  virtutis,  alteri  ipse  praeesse' .     Tum 
hi  inter  se  sortiti  sunt  uter  in  terram  egrederetur.     Hoc 
facto,  Eurylocho  sorte  evenit  ut  cum  duobus  et  viginti25 
sociis  rem  susciperet. 

95.  THE  HOUSE  OF  THE  ENCHANTRESS 
His  rebus  ita  constitutis  ii  qui  sortiti  erant  in  interio- 
rem  partem  insulae  profecti  sunt.     Tantus  tamen  timer 


58  Fabulae  Faclles 

animos  eorum  occupaverat  ut  nihil  dubitarent  quin 
morti  obviam  irent.  Vix  quidem  poterant  il  qui  in 
navi  relicti  erant  lacrimas  tenere;  credebant  cnim  se 
socios  suos  numquam  post  hoc  tempus  visuros.  Illi 
5  autem  aliquantum  itineris  progress!  ad  villam  quandam 
pervenerunt  summa  magnificentia  aedificatam,  cuius  ad 
ostium  cum  adiissent,  cantum  dulcissimum  audlverunt. 
Tanta  autem  fuit  eius  vocis  dulcedo  ut  nullo  modo  re- 
tineri  possent  quin  ianuam  pulsarent.     Hoc  facto  ipsa 

10  Circe  foras  exiit,  et  summa  cum  benlgnitate  omnis  in 
hospitium  invltavit.  Eurylochus  insidias  sibi  comparari 
suspicatus  foris  exspectare  constituit,  sed  rehqul  rel  novi- 

tate  adducti  intraverunt.     Cenam  magnificam  omnibus 

rebus  Instructam  invenerunt  et  iussu  dominae  hbentis- 

issime  accubuerunt.       At  Circe  vinum  quod  servl  ap- 

posuenmt  medicament©  quodam  miscuerat;  quod  cum 

Graeci  bibissent,  gravl  sonrno  subito  oppressl  sunt. 

96.  THE  CHARM 

Tum  Circe,  quae  artis  magicae  summam  scientiam 

habebat,  baculo  aure5  quod  gerebat  capita  eorum  teti- 

20  git;  quo  facto  omnes  in  porcos  subito  conversi  sunt. 
Interea  Eurylochus  ignarus  quid  in  aedibus  ageretur  ad 
ostium  sedebat;  postquam  tamen  ad  solis  occasum  anxio 
animo  et  soUicito  exspectavit,  solus  ad  navem  regredi 
constituit.     Eo  cum  venisset,  sollicitudine  ac  timore  tam 

25  perturbatus  fuit  ut  quae  vidisset  vix  dilucide  narrfire 
posset.  Ulixes  autem  satis  intellexit  socios  suos  in 
periculo  versari,  et  gladiS  correpto  EurylochS  imperft- 
vit  ut  sine  mora  viam  ad  istam  domum  demonstrfiret. 
Illc    tamen    multls   cum    lacrimls .  Ulixcm    complexus 

30  obsecrarc  coepit  ne  in  tantum  perlculum  s6  committeret ; 


Ulysses  59 

SI  quid  gravius  ei  accidisset,  omnium  salutem  in  summo 
discrimine  futuram.  Ulixes  autem  respondit  se  nemi- 
nem  invltum  secum  adducturum;  ei  licere,  si  mallet,  in 
]  navi  manere;  se  ipsum  sine  ullo  praesidio  rem  sus- 
( ^i^pturum.  Hoc  cum  magna  voce  dixisset,  e  navi  de-  5 
siluit  et  nuUo  sequente  solus  in  viam  se  dedit. 

97.  THE  COUNTERCHARM 
Aliquantum  itineris  progressus  ad  villam  magnificam 
pervenit,  quam  cum  oculis  perlustrasset,  statim  intrare 
statuit;  intellexit  enim  hanc  esse  eandem  domum  de  qua 
Eurylochus  mentionem  fecisset.     At  cum  in  eo  esset  ut  10 
limen  intraret,  subito  ei  obviam  stetit  adulescens  forma 
mlcherrima  aureum  baculum  gerens.     Hie  Ulixem  iam 
domum   intrantem   manu    corripuit    et,    "Quo   ruis?" 
inquit.     "Nonne  scis  hanc  esse  Circes  domum?    Hie 
inclusi  sunt  amici  tui  ex  humana  specie  in  porcos  con- 15 
versi.     Num  vis  ipse  in  eandem  calamitatem  venire?" 
Ulixes  simul  ac  vocem  audivit,  deum  Mercurium  agno- 
vit;  nullis  tamen  precibus  ab  instittito  consilio  deterreri 
potuit.     Quod  cum  Mercurius  sensisset,  herbam  quan- 
dam  ei  dedit,  quam  contra  carmina  multum  valere  dice-  20 
bat.     "Hanc  cape,"  inquit,   "et  ubi   Circe  te  baculo 
tetigerit,   tii  strict©  gladio  impetum  in  eam  vide  ut 
facias."     Mercurius  postquam  finem  loquendi  fecit, 
"mortalis  vis  us  medio  sermone  reliquit, 
et  procul  in  tenuem  ex  oculis  evanuit  auram."  25 

98.  THE  ENCHANTRESS  IS  FOILED 
Brevi  intermisso  spatio  Ulixes  ad  omnia  pericula  sub- 
eunda  paratus  ianuam  pulsavit,  et  foribus  patefactis  ab 
ipsa  Circe  benigne  exceptus  est.     Omnia  eodem  modo 


60  Fabulae  Faciles 


atque  antea  facta  sunt.  Cenam  magnifice  Instructam 
vidit  et  accumbere  iussus  est.  Mox,  ubi  fames  cibo 
depulsa  est,  Circe  poculum  aureum  vino  repletum 
Ulixl  dedit.  Ille  etsi  siispicatus  est  venenum  sibi  para- 
5  turn  esse,  poculum  exhausit ;  quo  facto  Circe  postquam 
caput  eius  baculo  tetigit,  ea  verba  locuta  est  quibus 
socios  eius  antea  in  porcos  converterat.  Res  tamen 
omnino  alitor  evenit  atque  ilia  speraverat.  Tanta  enim 
vis  erat  eius  herbae  quam  Ulixi  Mercurius  dederat  ut 
lo  neque  venenum  neque  verba  quicquam  efficere  possent. 
Ulixes  autem,  ut  ei  praeceptum  erat,  gladio  stricto  impe- 
tum  in  eam  fecit  et  mortem  minitabatur.  Circe  cum 
artem  suam  nihil  valere  sensisset,  multis  cum  lacrimis 
eum  obsecrare  coepit  ne  sibi  vitam  adimeret. 

99.  MEN  ONCE  MORE 

15  Ulixes  autem  ubi  sensit  eam  timore  perterritam  esse, 
postulavit  ut  socios  suos  sine  mora  in  humanam  speciem 
reduceret  (certior  enim  factus  erat  a  deo  Mercurio  eos  in 
porcos  converses  esse);  nisi  id  factum  esset,  se  debitas 
poenas  sumpturum  ostcndit.     Circe  his  rebus  graviter 

20  commota  ei  ad  pedes  se  proiecit,  et  multis  cum  lacrimis 
iure  iurando  confirmavit  se  quae  ille  imperasset  omnia 
facturam.  Tum  porcos  in  atrium  immitti  iussit.  Illi 
dato  signo  inruerunt,  et  cum  ducom  suum  agnovissont, 
magno  dolorc  adfccti  sunt  quod  nuUo  modo  cum  de  re- 

25  bus  suis  certiorem  facere  poterant.  Circe  tamen  un- 
guento  quodam  corpora  eorum  unxit;  quo  facto  sunt  om- 
nes  statim  in  humanam  speciem  rcducti.  Magno  curn 
gaudio  Ulixes  suos  amicos  agnovit,  et  nuntium  ad  litus 
misit,  qui  reliquis  Graecis  socios  reccptos  esse  diceret. 

30  Illi  autem  his  rebus  cognitis  statim  ad  domum  Circaeam 


Ulysses  61 

se  contulerunt;  quo  cum  venissent,  universi  laetitiae  se 
dediderunt. 

loo.  AFLOAT  AGAIN 
Postridie  eius  diei  Ulixes  ex  hac  insula  quam  celerrime 
discedere  in  animo  habebat.     Circe  tamen  cum  haec 
cognovisset,  ex  odio  ad  amorem  conversa  onmibus  preci-   5 
bus  eum  6rare  et  obtestan  coepit  ut  paucos  dies  apud  se 
moraretur;  qua  re  tandem  impetrata  tanta  beneficia  in 
eum   contulit   ut   facile   ei   persuasum   sit   ut   diutius 
maneret.     Postquam  tamen  totum  annum  apud  Circen 
consumpserat,    Ulixes    magno    deslderio    patriae    suae  lo 
motus  est.     Sociis  igitur  ad  se  convocatis  quid  in  animo 
haberet  ostendit.     Ubi  tamen  ad  lit  us  descendit,  navem 
suam  tempestatibus  tam  adflictam  invenit  ut  ad  navi- 
l^-^^andum  paene  inutilis  esset.     Hac  re  cognita  omnia 
quae  ad  navis  reficiendas  usui  essent  comparari  iussit,  qua  15 
in  re  tantam  dlligentiam  omnes  adhibebant  ut  ante 
tertium  diem  opus  perfecerint.     At  Circe  ubi  omnia 
ad  profectionem  parata  esse  vidit,  rem  aegre  ferebat  et 
Ulixem  vehementer  obsecrabat  ut  eo  consilio  desisteret. 
lUe  tamen,  ne  anni  tempore  a  navigatione  excluderetur,  20 
maturandum  sibi  existimavit,  et  tempestatem  idoneam 
nactus   navem   solvit.     Multa    quidem   pericula    Ulixi 
subeunda  erant  antequam  in  patriam  suam  perveniret, 
quae  tamen  hoc  loco  longum  est  perscribere. 


NOTES 

PERSEUS 

The  numbers  refer  to  the  page  of  text  and  the  line  on  the  page  respectively. 

3.  6.  Danae.  Many  proper  names  in  this  book  are  words 
borrowed  by  Latin  from  Greek,  and  have  forms  not 
given  in  the  regular  Latin  declensions.  It  will  not 
be  necessary  to  learn  the  declension  of  such  words. 

7.  enim.     This  word  commonly  stands  second  in  its  clause. 

8.  turbabat.     Notice  that  this  verb  and  dormiebat  below  are 

in  the  imperfect  tense  to  denote  a  state  of  things  ex- 
isting at  the  past  time  indicated  by  territa  est. 
autem.     This  word  has  the  same  peculiarity  of  position 
as  enim;  so  also  igitur,  which  occurs  in  line  IL 

12.  Seriphum.     Notice  that  Latin  says  'the  island  Seriphos/ 

but  English  more  often  '  the  island  of  Seriphos.' 

13.  appulsa   est.      Postquam    is    regularly   followed   by   the 

perfect  or  present  indicative,  but  the  English  transla- 
tion usually  requires  the  pluperfect. 

15.  quddam.    Quldam  means  'certain'  as  applied  to  some 

person  or  thing  not  fully  described,  while  certus  means 
'certain'  in  the  sense  of  'determined,'  'sure.' 
ad  domum.     This  means  'to  the  house';   'to  be  brought 
home'  would  be  domum  addud,  without  the  preposi- 
tion. 

16.  nie  is  often  used,  as  here,  when  the  subject  is  changed  to 

a  person  mentioned  in  the    preceding  sentence.    In 
this  use  it  is  to  be  translated  '  he.' 

02 


Notes  63 


'3.  18.  beneficio.     See  the  derivation  of  this  word  in  the  vocab- 
ulary. 
20.  multos  annos.     Duration  of  time  is  regularly  expressed 

in  the  accusative  case. 
22.  cam.     Latin  has  no  pronoun  of  the  third  person,  and 
is  often  takes  the  place  of  one;  it  is  then  to  be  trans- 
lated '  he/  '  she/  '  it/  '  they/  according  to  its  form. 
25.  haec.     The  literal  translation  would  be  'these  things/ 
but  we  must  say  '  thus '  or  '  as  follows.' 
4.    1.  es.     With  iam  dudum  and  similar  expressions  of  duration, 
the  present  indicative   is  often    used  to   denote  an 
action  or  state  begun  in  the   past   but  continuing 
in  the  present.     The  English  equivalent  is  the  per- 
fect, 
hie,  is  not  the  pronoun,  but  an  adverb. 

2.  mihi.      This  dative  may  be  translated  'for  me.'     How 

would  'to  me'  with  a  verb  of  motion  be  put? 

3.  refer.     Died,  duco,  facio,  and  fero  have  the  imperative 

forms  die,  due,  Jac,  and  fer,  instead  of  dice,  etc. 

4.  Perseus.    When  the  subordinate  and  the  principal  clause 

of  a  Latin  sentence  have  the  same  subject,  this  usu- 
ally stands  first,  followed  by  the  subordinate  clause. 
haec.  Here  a  different  rendering  is  required  from  that 
suggested  in  the  note  on  3,  25.  What  is  it?  Notice 
that  it  is  necessary  to  know  the  literal  significance 
of  the  Latin  words,  but  that  the  translation  must 
often  be  something  quite  different  if  it  is  to  be  ac- 
ceptable English.  The  rule  for  translation  is:  Dis- 
cover the  exact  meaning  of  the  original;  then 
express  the  same  idea  correctly  and,  if  you  can, 
elegantly  in  the  language  into  which  you  are  trans- 
lating. 

5.  continentem.     What  is  the  derivation  of  th]§  word? 
venit.    Is  this  present  or  perfect?    How  do  you  know? 


64  Fabulae  Faciles 


4.  8.  Graeas.     The  Graeae  were  three  old  women  who  had  one 
eye  and  one   tooth  in  common,  and   took  turns  in 
using  them. 
9.  galeam.     This  belonged  to  Pluto,  the  god  of  the  under- 
world of  the  dead,  and  whosoever  wore  it  was  invisible. 
The  story  is  that  Perseus  compelled  the  Graeae  to  tell 
him  how  to  obtain  the  helps  to  his  enterprise  by  seiz- 
ing their  tooth  and  eye. 

11.  pedibus, '  on  his  feet,'  dative  of  indirect  object, 
induit.  _See  the  note  on  3,  13. 

aera.    Aer  is  borrowed  from  Greek,  and  keeps  this  Greek 
form  for  its  accusative. 

12.  volabat.      Distinguish    between    void,   voldre,    and    void, 

velle. 

13.  ceteris.     Ceterl  is  used  to  denote  all  not  already  named 

('the  other'),  while  alii  denotes  some  of  those  who 
have  not  been  already  named  ('other'). 

14.  specie  horribili,  'of  terrible  appearance,'  ablative  of  de- 

scription.      A  noun  never  stands  alone  in  this  con- 
struction, 
eanim.     See  the  note  on  3,  22. 

15.  contecta.     This   and   factae  below  are  used  as  predicate 

adjectives,  not  to  form  the  plui)crfect  passive  with 
erant  Translate,  therefore,  'were  covered/  not  'had 
been  covered. ' 

18.  vertebantur.      The    imperfect    here    denotes    customary 

action,  one  of  its  regular  uses. 

19.  nie.     See  the  note  on  3,  16. 

20.  h6c  mod6,  ablative  of  manner. 

21.  venit,  dormiebat     The  perfect  simply  expresses  an  action 

which  took  place  in  past  time,  the  imperfect  tells  of  a 
state  of  things  existing  at  that  past  time. 
25.  fugit   ^hen  dum  means  '  while,'  '  as,'  it  is  followed  by 
the  present  indicative,  even  when  used  of  past  events. 


Notes  65 


4.  26.  fecit.     Like  postquam,  ubi  has  the  present  or   perfect 

indicative,  where  English  would  use  the  pluperfect. 
6.     2.  illo  tempore,  ablative  of  time. 

regiiabat.      Observe  the  force  of  the  tense,  and  try  to 
find  the  reason  for  each  change  of  tense  in  this  para- 
graph. 
Hie.     This  must  here  be  translated  simply  '  he.'     Com- 
pare the  use  of  Ille,  3,  16. 
4.  veniebat.     See  the  note  on  4,  18. 

6.  omnium,  'of  all  men,'  or  'of  all.'   The  adjective  is  used 

as  a  noun,  as  in  the  second  of  the  English  expres- 
sions, 
oraculum.  It  was  believed  in  antiquity  that  the  will  of 
the  gods  and  a  knowledge  of  future  events  might  be 
learned  at  certain  shrines,  of  which  the  most  famous 
were  those  of  Apollo  at  Delphi,  of  Zeus  or  Jupiter 
at  Dodona,  and  of  Hammon  in  Egypt.  Hammon  was 
really  an  Egyptian  god,  represented  as  having  the 
horns  of  a  ram,  but  he  was  identified  by  the  Greeks 
with  Zeus  and  by  the  Romans  with  Jupiter. 

7.  filiam.     Where  there  is  no  ambiguity,  the  possessive  is 

often  omitted  in  Latin. 

8.  autem  often,  as  here,  simply  introduces  an  explanation 

Cnow'). 
nomine,  '  by  name.' 

9.  Cepheus.     See  the  note  on  Perseus,  4,  4. 
10.  civis  suos,  'his  subjects.' 

13.  certam.     See  the  note  on  quodam,  3,  15.     Dies  is  regu- 
larly masculine,  but  when  used  of  an  appointed  day 
it  is  often  feminine, 
omnia,  'all  things,'  ' everjrthing,'  or  'all.'     See  the  note 
on  omnium,  line  6. 

16.  deplorabant,  tenebant.     Be  careful  to  show  the  meaning 
of  the  tense  by  your  translation. 


66  Fabulae  Faclles 

5.  18.  quaerit      The  present  is  often  used  of  a  past  action 

instead  of  the  perfect,  to  bring  the  action  more 
vividly  before  us  as  if  it  were  taking  place  now 
This  is  called  the  historical  present. 

19.  haec  geruntur,  'this  is  going  on.' 

20.  horribili.     Here  the  adjective  is  made  emphatic  by  being 

put  before  its  noun;    in  4,  14   the  same    effect  is 

gained  by  putting  horribili  last  in  its  clause. 
22.  omnibus,  dative  of  indirect  object  after  the  compound 

verb  (in+iacio).    Translate  'inspired  in  all/  but  the 

literal  meaning  is  *  threw  into  all.' 
26.  haduit.     See  the  note  on  3,  13. 
aera.     See  the  note  on  4,  11. 

6.  2.  suo,  eius.     Distinguish  carefully  between  these  words. 

Suus  is  used  of  something  belonging  to  the  subject, 
eius  of  something  belonging  to  some  other  person  or 
thing  just  mentioned. 
5.  volat     See  the  note  on  4,  25. 

7.  sustulit.     Notice  that  the  perfect  forms  of  tollo  are  the 

same  as  those  of  sufjero  (sub  +  fero),  'endiwe.' 

8.  neque,  here  to  be  translated  'and  .  .  .  not.'    Neque  is 

thus  used  regularly  for  et  ndn. 
13.  exanimata,  used  here  as  a  predicate  adjective. 
16.  rettulit.     'To  give  thanks'  or  'thank'  is  usually  grdti&s 

agere,  as  in   3,  19;  grdtiam  rcferre  means  'to  show 

one's  gratitude,'  '  to  recompense '  or  '  requite.' 
18.  duxit.     This  word  came  to  mean  'marry,'  because  the 

bridegroom  'led'  his  bride  in  a  wedding  procession  to 

his  own  home.     It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  that  it  can 

be  used  only  of  the  man. 
Pauc6s  annds.     See  the  note  on  3,  20. 
20.  omnis.     What  does  the  quantity  of  the  i  tell  you  about 

the  form? 

7.  1.  quod,  not  the  relative  pronoun,  but  a  conjunction. 


Notes  67 


3.  eo,  the  adverb. 

in  atrium.     Although    inrupit    means    'burst  into,^  the 
preposition  is  nevertheless  required  with  the  noun  to 
express  the  place  into  which  he  burst. 
6.  ille.     See  the  note  on  Perseus,  4t,  4. 
8.  Acrisi.     In  Nepos,  Caesar,  Cicero,  and  Vergil,  the  genitive 
singular  of  second-declension  nouns  in  -ius  and  -ium 
ends  in  i,  not  il;  but  the  nominative  plural  ends  in 
il,  and  the  dative  and  ablative  plural  in  ils. 
10.  istud.     Remember  that  iste  is  commonly  used  of  some- 
thing connected  with  the  person  addressed.     Here  the 
meaning  may  be  *  that  oracle  I  told  you  of.'     See  3, 4. 
12.  Larisam.     See  the  note  on  3,  12. 

neque  enim,  'for  .  .  .  not,'  as  if  simply  non  enim,  but 
Latin  uses  neque  to  connect  the  clauses. 

14.  in  omnis  partis,  'in  all  directions'  or  'in  every  direction.' 

15.  Multi.     See  the  note  on  omnium,  5,  6. 

17.  discorum.     The  discus  was  a  round,  fiat  piece  of  stone  or 

metal,  and  the  athletes  tried  to  see  who  could  throw  it 
farthest. 

18.  casu.     This  is  one  of  the  ablatives  of  manner  that  do  not 

take  cum. 

19.  stabat.     Notice  the  tense. 


HERCULES 

9.    2.  omnium  hominum.     This  means  '  all  men '  in  the  sense  of 

'all  mankind.' 
3.  oderat.     Odi  is  perfect  in  form,  but  present  in  meaning; 

and  the  pluperfect  has  in  like  manner  the  force  of  an 

imperfect. 
5.  media  nocte, '  in  the  middle  of  the  night/  '  in  the  dead  of 

night.' 


68  Fabulae  Faciles 

9.      7.  Nee  tamen,  'not  .  .  .  however.'    See  the  note  on  ti^^uc 
enim,  7,  12. 
8.  movebant.     Contrast  this  tense  with  appropin qua verant 
and  excitati  sunt. 
13.  Tali  modo  =/ioc  modo,  4,  20. 
20.  a  puero, '  from  a  boy/  '  from  boyhood.' 

exercebat,  the   imperfect  of    customary  action,  as   is 
also  consume  bat. 

24.  autem.     See  the  note  on  5,  8. 

25.  arti,  dative  of  indirect  object  with  the  intransitive  verb 

studebat. 
lO.     2.  omnibus   viribus,  'with   all    his    might/    ablative    of 
manner. 

3.  6  vita.     Notice  that  the  preposition  denoting  separa- 

tion appears  both  with  the  noun  and  in  the  verb. 
Compare  in  atrium  inrupit,  7,  3. 

4.  neque  quisquam,  '  and  not  any  one/  i.e.  *  and  no  one.' 

Quisquam  is  used  chiefly  in  negative  sentences. 

5.  voluit,  *  was  willing.' 

7.  facit.     See  the  note  on  4,  25. 

8.  nomine.     See  the  note  on  5,  8. 

9.  vir  crudelissimus,  not  'crudest  man/  but  'most  cruel 

man.'  The  superlative  is  often  thus  used  to  denote 
simply  a  high  degree  of  the  quality, 
cdnsueverat.  Inceptive  verbs  end  in  sc6  and  denote 
the  beginning  of  an  action  or  state.  The  perfect 
and  pluperfect  of  such  verbs  often  represent  the 
state  of  things  resulting  from  the  completion  of 
the  action,  and  are  then  to  be  translated  as  present 
and  imperfect  respectively.  So  c^swcsc5=*I  am 
becoming  accustomed,'  cOnsuevl^^l  have  become 
accustomed'  or  *nm  accustomed/  cOnaueveram" 
'I  hac 
tomed.' 


Notes  69 


lO.   11.  sacrificio,  'for  the  sacrifice/  dative  of  purpose. 

ea.     Why  is  dies  feminine  here?     See  the  note  on  cer- 
tarn,  5,  13. 
12.  omnia.     See  the  note  on  5,  13. 

15.  capitibus,  dative  of  indirect  object  after  the  compound 

verb  {in+pono). 

16.  iam.     The  omission  of  the    conjunction  that  would 

naturally  join  this  clause  with  the  preceding,  and 
the  repetition  of  iam,  which  thus  in  a  way  connects 
the  two  clauses,  reflect  the  imminence  of  the  danger 
and  heighten  our  anxiety  for  the  hero.  Observe  too 
how  the  tenses  of  the  verbs  contribute  to  the  vivid- 
ness of  the  picture.  We  see  Hercules  at  the  altar  and 
the  priest,  knife  in  hand,  about  to  give  the  fatal  blow. 

18.  altcro.     Supply  zctii. 

19.  Thebis,  locative    case.     Notice    that   some  names  of 

towns  are  plural  in  form. 

21.  Thebanis,  dative  with  the  adjective  finitimi. 
autem,  'now.' 

22.  Thebas.     Names  of  towns  are  used  without  a  prep- 

osition to  express  the  place  to  which. 

23.  veniebant,  postulabant,  imperfect  of  customary  action, 
25.  civis  suos,  '  his  fellow-citizens.'     Compare  5,  10. 

hoc  stipendio,  ablative  of  separation. 
27.  atque.     This  conjunction  adds  an  important  statement 
by  way  of  supplement.     Here  the  meaning  is  some- 
thing like  '  and  not  only  that,  but.' 
H.  11.  conversa.     Est  and  sunt  are  frequently  not  expressed 
with  the  perfect  participle. 

17.  suos  ipse  sua.     Notice  how  the  enormity  of  the  crime 

is  emphasized  by  the  use  of  all  these  words  repeating 
the  same  idea. 
23.  oracalum  Delphicum.     See  the  note  on  5,  6. 
hoc  oracultun  omnium  =hoc  omniunii  ofoculorum. 


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11.  25.  H6c  in  templo.     Monosyllabic  prepositions  often  stand 

between  the  noun  and  an  adjective  modifying  it. 

12.  1.  qui.     Remember  that  the  relative  pronoun  agrees  in 

gender,  number,  and   person  with   its   antecedent; 

that  its  case  depends  upon  its  use.    How  are  the 

person  and  number  of  qui  shown? 
2.  hominibus.     See  the  note  on  9,  2. 
4.  neque.     See  the  note  on  O,  8. 

7.  Tiryntha.    This  is  a  Greek  accusative  form.    See  the 

note  on  dera,  4,  11. 

10.  Duodecim  annos,  accusative  of  duration  of  time. 

11.  Eurystheo.     The  English  verb  'serve'  is  transitive,  but 

servio  ('be  subject  to')  is  intransitive  and  takes  an 

indirect  object. 
14.  quae.     See  the  note  on  line  1.     What  is  the  case  of 

quae? 
16.  Primum  is  chiefly  used  in  enumeration,  primO  (line  6) 

in  contrasting  an  action   or    state  with    one  that 

follows  it. 
19.  s€cum.     The  preposition  cum  follows  and  is  joined  to 

the  reflexive  and  personal  pronouns,  usually  also  to 

the  relative  pronoun. 
22.  neque  enim.     See  the  note  on  7,  12. 
26.  respirandi,  the  genitive  of  the  gerund.      It    modifies 

facultas.      The  gerund  corresponds  to  the  English 

verbal  noun  in  -ing. 

13.  5.  H6c.     We  might  expect  hacc  referring  to  Hydram,  but 

a  demonstrative  pronoun  is  commonly  attracted  into 
the  gender  of  the  predicate  noun  (here  mdnstrum). 
cui  erant,  '  which  had,'  literally  '  to  which  there  were.' 
This  construction  is  found  only  with  sum.  It  is  called 
the  dative  of  possession. 

8.  rts.     In  rendering  this  word  choose  always  with  great 

freedom  the  most  suitable  English  word. 


Notes  71 


13.    8.  magni  periculi.     We  say  'one  of  great  danger.' 

9.  eius.     What  possessive  would  be  used  to  modify  sinistra? 
11.,  hoc  conatu,  ablative  of  separation. 
14.  comprehenderunt.     See  the  note  on  3,  13. 
unde  =  ea;  quibus. 

16.  auxilio  Hydrae,  'to  the  aid  of  the  Hydra/  but  literally 

'for  aid  (i.e.  as  aid)  to  the  Hydra/  for  Hydrae  is 
dative.  This  is  called  the  double  dative  construc- 
tion, auxilio  the  dative  of  purpose,  and  Hydrae  the 
dative  of  reference,  i.e.  the  dative  denoting  the  per- 
son interested. 

17.  abscidit.     See  the  note  on  4,  25. 

mordebat, '  kept  biting,'  the  imperfect  of  repeated  action. 

18.  tali  modo.     See  the  note  on  9,  13. 

interfecit.  We  have  now  had  several  verbs  meaning 
'kill.'  Inter ficio  is  the  most  general  of  these;  neco 
(line  4)  is  used  of  killing  by  unusual  or  cruel  means, 
as  by  poison;  occldo  (12, 23)  is  most  commonly  used 
of  the  '  cutting  down '  of  an  enemy  in  battle. 

19.  reddidit,   as  well  as  imbuit,  has  sagittas  for  its  object, 

but  we  must  translate  as  if  we  had  eds  with  reddidit. 

22.  ad  se.     Compare  this  construction  with  the  use  of  the 

dative  in  4;  2.  Notice  that  se  does  not  refer  to 
Herculem,  the  subject  of  referre,  but  to  Eurystheus, 
the  subject  of  lussit.  When  the  reflexive  thus  refers 
to  the  subject  of  the  principal  verb  rather  than  to 
the  subject  of  the  subordinate  verb  with  which  it 
is  directly  connected,  it  is  called  indirect. 

23.  tantae  audaciae.     The  genitive  of  description,  like  the 

ablative  of  description,  consists  always  of  a  noun  with 
some    modifying  word.     Compare  specie  horribilif 
4,14. 
autem.     Compare  5,  8  and  10,  21. 

24.  incredibili  celeritate,   ablative  of  description. 


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13.  25.  vestigiis,  ablative  of  means. 

26.  ipsum,  contrasts  cervum  with  vestigiis. 

27.  omnibus  viribus.     See, the  note  on  lO,  2. 

14.  1.  currebat,  'he  kept  running.' 

sibi,  dative  of  reference.     It  need  not  be  translated, 
ad    quietem,  'for  rest.'     Purpose  is  frequently  thus  ex- 
pressed by  ad, 

3.  cucurrerat.      The  pluperfect   is  sometimes  used  with 

postquam  when  the  lapse  of  time  is  denoted. 

4.  cursu,  ablative  of  cause. 

exanimatum=guz  exanimdtus  erat.      The  participle  is 
often  equivalent  to  a  relative  clause. 

5.  rettulit.     See  the  note  on  13,  19. 
8.  rem.     See  the  note  on  res,  13,  8. 

10.  apro,  dative  of  indirect  object  after  the  compound  verb 

(ob  +  curro) . 

11.  timore  perterritus.     It  is  not  necessary  to  translate  both 

words. 
13.  inigcit,  i.e.  upon  the  boar. 

summa  cum  difficultate.  Compare  this  with  omnibus 
viribus,  13,  27,  and  notice  that  cum  may  be  omitted 
with  the  ablative  of  manner  when  there  is  an  adjec- 
tive. For  the  position  of  cum,  see  the  note  on  1 1 , 
25. 
15.  ad  Eurystheum.  We  are  told  elsewhere  that  Eurystheus 
was  so  frightened  when  he  saw  the  boar  that  he  hid 
in  a  cask. 

vivus.     Why  have  we  the  nominative  here,  but  the 
accusative  (vivum)  in  line  5  ? 
17.  quarto.     The   capture  of  the   Erymanthian  boar  ie 
usually  given  as  the  third  labor  and  the  capture  of 
the  Cerynean  stag  as  the  fourth. 

nftrravimus.      The  writer  sometimes  uses  the  first  per- 
son plural  in  speaking  of  himself,  instead  of  the  first 


Notes  73 


person  singular.      This  is  called  the  plural  of  mod- 
esty, and  is  the  same  as  the  English  usage. 

14.  18.  in  Arcadiam.     How  does  this  differ  in  meaning  from  in 

Arcadid'i 

20.  appeteret.    The  subjunctive  introduced  by  cum,  *  since/ 

may  express  the  reason  for  the  action  of  the  main 
verb. 

23.  Hercules.     See  the  note  on  Perseus,  4,  4. 

26.  quod,  conjunction,  not  pronoun. 

reliquos  centauros,  '  the  rest  of  the  centaurs,'  '  the  other 
centaurs.'  Compare  media  node,  9,  5.  Notice  that 
reliqui  means  about  the  same  as  ceterl,  and  see  the 
note  on  4,  13. 

28.  inquit,   historical  present.      This  verb  is  used  paren- 
thetically with  direct  quotations. 

15.  1.  dabo.     Notice  that  Latin  is  more  exact  than  English 

in  the  use  of  the  future  tense  in  subordinate  clauses. 
In  English  we  often  use  the  present  in  the  subordi- 
nate clause  and  leave   it  to  the  principal  verb  to 
show  that  the  time  is  future. 
7.  pervenerunt     See  the  note  on  4,  26. 
10.  constitit,  from  consisto,  not  cdnsto. 

16.  fuga.     Latin  says  'by  flight,'  not  'in  flight.' 

17.  ex  spelunca.     See  the  note  on  lO,  3. 

21.  locum,  the  direct  object  of  Adiit,  which  is  here  transitive. 

We  might  also  have  ad  locum  with  adeo  used  intran- 
sitively. 

16.  4.  Herculi.     See  the  note  on  10,  15. 

laborem.  This  labor  is  usually  given  as  the  sixth,  the 
destruction  of  the  Stymphalian  birds  as  the  fifth. 
6.  tria  milia  boum, '  three  thousand  cattle,'  literally  '  three 
thousands  of  cattle.'  The  partitive  genitive  is  the 
regular  construction  with  the  plural  mllia,  but  the 
singular  mllle  is  commonly  used  as  an  adjective. 


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like  English  '  thousand.'    Thus  *  one  thousand  cattle ' 
would  be  mille  boves. 
16.    7.  mgentis  magnitudinis.     See  the  note  on  tantae  aitddciae, 
13,  23. 
8.  neque  enim  umquam,  '  for  .  .  .  never.'     See  the  note  on 
negtie  enim,  7,  12. 

11.  multae  operae.     See  the  note  on  md^i  perlculi,  13, 8., 

12.  duodevlginti  pedum,  i.e.  in  width. 

duxit.  This  word  is  used  with  reference  to  the  progress 
of  work  on  a  wall  or  ditch  from  one  end  of  it  to  the 
other. 

15.  opus.  Compare  this  word  with  operae  and  labdre, 
line  12.  Labor  is  used  of  heavy  or  exhausting 
labor,  opera  of  voluntary  exertion  or  effort,  optis 
of  that  upon  which  one  labors  or  of  the  completed 
work. 

17.  imperaverat.  This  verb  takes  an  indirect  object  to  ex- 
press the  person  ordered  (ei).  The  action  com- 
manded is  expressed  by  the  subjunctive  in  a  clause 
introduced  by  ut  and  used  as  the  object  of  imperO 
(ut  necftret).  Notice  that  this  may  be  translated 
'that  he  should  kill'  or  'to  kill.'  Compare  now  the 
construction  with  iubed,  13,  22,  with  which  the  com- 
mand is  expressed  by  the  accusative  and  infinitive 
(Herculem  referre). 

19.  came.  Vescor  is  an  intransitive  verb  and  governs  the 
ablative. 

22.  appropinquandl.     See  the  note  on  12,26. 

23.  c6nstitit,  from  cdnstd.     Compare  16,  10. 
pedibus,  '  on  foot,'  literally  '  by  his  feet.' 

25.  cfinsumpsisset.  The  imperfect  and  pluperfect  tenses  of 
the  subjunctive  are  used  with  cum,  'when,'  to  de- 
scribe the  circumstances  of  the  action  of  the  main 
verb.    Compare  14,  20,  and  the  note. 


Notes  75 


16»  26.  hoc  conatu.     See  the  note  on  13,  11. 

27.  peteret.     The  subjunctive  is  used  with  ut  to  express 

purpose.    The  best  translation  is  usually  the  infinitive 

('to  ask'),  but  the  Latin  infinitive  is  not  used  in 

model  prose  to  express  purpose. 
17.    3.  avolarent.      This  is  not  subjunctive  of  purpose,  but  of 

result,  as  is  indicated  by  tam. 

6.  ex.     Compare  this  with  abf  16, 21,  and  de,  16, 13.    We 

commonly  translate  all  of  these  '  from,'  but  the  real 
meanings  are  *  out  of,'  '  away  from,'  and  *  down  from ' 
respectively. 
Creta.     See  the  note  on  3,  12. 

7.  esset.     See  the  note  on  14,  20. 

8.  insulae,  dative  with  the  compound  verb  {ad + propinquo) . 
appropinquaret.     See  the  note  on  16,  25. 

9.  tanta  .  .  .  ut.    Notice  how  frequently  the  clause  of  result 

is  connected  with  a  demonstrative  word  in  the  main 
clause. 

12.  navigandi  imperitus,  'ignorant  of  navigation,'  'inexpe- 
rienced in  sailing.'     See  the  note  on  12,  26. 

21.  cum,   the  conjunction. 

ingenti  labore.     See  the  note  on  summd  cum  di^cultdtej 
14,  13. 

25.  ut  reduceret.    See  the  note  on  16,  27. 

26.  came.     See  the  note  on  16,  19. 
vescebantur,  imperfect  of  customary  action. 

18.  3.  ut  traderentur.  Notice  that  postulo,  like  impero,  takes 
an  object-clause  introduced  by  ut  and  having  its 
verb  in  the  subjunctive, 
sibi,  the  indirect  reflexive.  See  the  note  on  13,  22. 
4.  ira  . .  .  interfecit,  '  became  furiously  angry  and  killed  the 
king,'  literally '  moved  by  wrath  killed  the  king.'  The 
participle  is  frequently  best  rendered  by  a  finite 
verb. 


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18.  4.  cadaver.  The  subject  of  an  infinitive  stands  in  the 
accusative  case.  We  might  translate  here  *  and  gave 
orders  that  his  body  should  be  thrown.'  See  the 
note  on  16,  17. 

6.  mira  rerum  commutatio.     When  a  noun  has  both  an 

adjective  and  a  genitive  modifier,  this  order  of 
the  words  is  common. 

7.  cum  cruciatu,  ablative  of  manner, 
necaverat.     See  the  note  on  inter  fecit,  13,  18. 

10.  referebant.     See  the  note  on  6,  16. 

modo.  This  is  the  adverb,  not  a  case  of  modus,  the 
dative  and  ablative  singular  of  which  would  be  modo. 
Make  a  practice  of  carefully  observing  the  quantity 
of  vowels. 

11.  drabant.     Notice  that  this  verb,  like  imperd  and  posiuld, 

takes  ut  and  the  subjunctive. 
14.  ad  navigandum.     See  the  note  on  ad  quietem,  14,  1. 
16.  post,  here  an  adverb  of  time. 

18.  dicitur.     Notice  that  the  Latin  construction  is  personal 

('the  nation  is  said  to  have  consisted'),  while  Eng- 
lish commonly  has  the  impersonal  construction  ('it 
is  said  that  the  nation  consisted'). 

19.  rei  militaris, '  the  art  of  war.' 

25.  mandavit.     See  the  note  on  16,  17. 

26.  Amazonibus,  dative  after  the  compound  verb. 

19.  1.  persuasit  Notice  that  this  verb  governs  the  same  con- 
struction that  we  have  already  found  used  with 
imperO  and  mxindo. 

2.  sCcum.    See  the  note  on  12,  19. 

6.  appulit.    Supply  ndvem. 

6.  docfiret  A  clause  of  purpose  is  frequently  introduced 
by  a  relative.  Translate  like  the  ut-d&usc  of  pur- 
pose, here  'to  make  known,'  literally 'who  was  to 
make  known.' 


Notes  '5"J' 

"t " ' 

19.  14.  magno  intervallo,  ablative  of  degree  of  difference. 

16.  non  magna.     The  effect  of  the  position  of  these  words 

may  be  reproduced  by  translating  'but  not  a  large 
one.* 
neutri.  The  plural  is  used  because  the  reference 
is  to  two  parties,  each  composed  of  several  in- 
dividuals. 'Neither'  of  two  individuals  would  be 
neuter. 

17.  volebant,   dedit.      Consider  the  tenses.      Each  army 

waited  for  some  time  for  the  other  to  cross;  finally 
Hercules  gave  the  signal. 

22.  occiderint.     The  perfect  subjunctive  is  sometimes  used 

in  result  clauses  after  a  past  tense  in  the  principal 
clause.  This  is  contrary  to  the  general  principle  of 
the  sequence  of  tenses,  which  requires  the  imperfect 
or  pluperfect  subjunctive  after  a  past  tense,  the 
present  or  perfect  subjunctive  after  a  present  or 
future  tense. 

23.  Viri.     Compave  this  with,  hominibus,  12,2. 

24.  praestabant.      Compare   the  tense    with    praestitenint, 

line  21. 
27.  neu.    As  neque  or  nee  is  used  for  '  and  not,'  so  neve  or 
neu  for  '  and  that  not '  in  an  object-clause  or  a  clause 
of  purpose. 

20.  1.  quibus,  'and  by  these.'     The  relative  is  much  used  in 

Latin  to  connect  a  new  sentence  with  the  one  pre- 
ceding. When  so  used,  it  is  generally  best  rendered 
by  'and'  or  'but'  and  a  demonstrative  or  personal 
pronoun. 
ita  . .  .  ut.  See  the  note  on  17,  9. 
2.  essent,  most  easily  explained  as  the  subjunctive  of 
attraction.  By  this  is  meant  that  the  verb  is 
attracted  into  the  mood  of  the  clause  upon  which 
it  depends. 


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20.  4.  pugnatum  est, '  the  battle  raged  'or  *  they  fought/  literally 

'  it  was  fought.'  Intransitive  verbs  are  often  thus  used 
impersonally  in  the  passive,  with  the  subject  implied 
in  the  verb  itself,  as  pugnatum  est  =pugna  pugndta  est 

1 1 .  aestatis,  partitive  genitive.  Notice  that  multum  is  used 
as  a  noun. 

13.  nactus.  The  perfect  active  participle  is  wanting  in 
Latin,  but  the  perfect  participle  of  deponent  verbs 
is  active  in  meaning. 

24.  specie  horribili.     See  the  note  on  4,  14. 

26.  timore  perterriti.     See  the  note  on  14,  11. 

continebantur,  '  kept  themselves  shut  up.'     This  is  the 
so-called  reflexive  use  of  the  passive,  in  which  the 
subject  is  represented  as  acting  upon  itself, 
pecora.     This  word  is  used  of  herds  of  cattle,  pecudte 
(line  25)  of  single  animals,  especially  sheep. 

28.  commotus  consuluit.     See  the  note  on  18,  4. 

21.  3.  liberaret.     See  the  note  on  16,  27. 

6racul6.  Notice  that  parfire  is  intransitive  and  has  the 
dative  of  indirect  object,  while  'obey'  is  transitive. 
It  may  help  to  understand  the  Latin  construction  if 
you  translate  such  verbs  as  pared  by  intransitives, 
here  '  to  submit  to.' 

4.  sacrificiO.    See  the  note  on  10,  11. 

5.  ipso  temporis  punct6  qu6, '  at  the  very  moment  when.* 
8.  ggressus.     See  the  note  on  20,  13. 

d6  rebus  .  .  .  factus  est,  'was  informed  of  the  state  of 
things,'  literally  '  was  made  more  certain  about  the 
things  which  were  being  done.'  In  what  gender,  num- 
ber, person,  and  case  is  quae?    Give  a  reason  for  each. 

11.  posset.  The  subjunctive  is  used  because  the  words  of 
the  king  are  quoted  indirectly.  He  said  si  potea,  *  if  you 
can.' 

19.  Ipse.    Notice  the  use  of   this  word  in  contrasts,  fre- 


Notes  "^9 


quently,  as  here,  of  a  person  with  that  which  belongs 
to  him  or  with  his  subordinates. 
20.  inter  se,  'to  one  another.' 

22.  esset,  subjunctive  in  an  indirect  question.     The  direct 

form  would  be  Quantum  periculum  est?  {'  How  great 
is  the  danger?'), 
multas  terras,  just  as  we  say  'many  lands.' 

23.  Europae.     Compare  Thebdnis,  lO,  21. 

24.  in  utroqne  litore,  *  on  each  shore/  '  on  both  shores.' 

25.  columnas.      The  ancients  believed  that  the   Rock    of 

Gibraltar  was  the  pillar  set  up  by  Hercules  on  the 
European  side. 

4.  tantum,  an  adverb. 

5.  dederit.     See  the  note  on  19,  22. 

9.  quo  in  loco.     See  the  note  on  1 1,  25. 
essent.     See  the  note  on  21,  22. 
10.  sibi,  the  indirect  reflexive. 
12.  et .  .  .  et,  'both  .  .  .  and.' 

18.  progredi,  'from  proceeding.' 

19.  prohibebant,  'attempted  to  prevent,'   imperfect  of  at- 

tempted action.  Notice  that  the  use  of  the  imperfect 
to  express  customary,  repeated,  or  attempted  action 
follows  naturally  from  its  use  to  denote  action  going 
on  in  past  time.  The  present,  the  tense  which  denotes 
action  going  on  in  present  time,  has  the  same  special 
uses. 

20.  barbari.     This  word  was  used  by  the  Greeks  of  all  other 

peoples;  by  the  Romans  it  was  used  of  all  but  the 
Greeks  and  themselves. 

24.  ceciderunt.     Let  the  quantity  of  the  i  tell  you  whether 

this  comes  from  cado  or  caedo.  Is  occiderint  a  com- 
pound of  cado,  or  caedo  ? 

25.  in  talibus  rebus,  i.e.  when  a  god  intervenes  in  behalf  of 

his  favorite. 


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22.  26.  nihil  incommodi,  'no  harm/  literally  'nothing  of  harm'; 

incommodi  is  partitive  genitive. 

23.  2.  quam  celerrimg,  'as  rapidly  as  possible.'     Quam  with 

the  superlative  expresses  the  highest  possible  degree. 
3.  Necesse,  predicate  adjective  with  erat,  the  subject  being 
has  transire. 

5.  citeriore.        The    Romans    called   upper    Italy   Gallia 

Citerior,  '  Hither  Gaul,'  because  it  was  occupied  by 
Gallic  tribes. 

6.  perenni.     Learn  the  derivation  of  this  word.  The  mean- 

ing of  a  word  may  often  be  seen  most  easily  and 
remembered  most  surely  by  noticing  its  derivation, 
tecti,  used  as  predicate  adjective. 
9.  cSpiam.     Notice  carefully  the  meaning  of  this  word. 
In  what  sense  have  we  found  the  plural  copiae  used? 

10.  rebus,  'preparations.'     See  the  note  on  res,  13,  8. 
consumpserat.     See  the  note  on  14,  3. 

11.  omnium  opiniSnem.     Hitherto  we  have  had  oplnidnem 

omnium,  but  here  omnium  is  made  emphatic  by  being 
placed  first. 

15.  itinere,  ablative  of  cause. 

f essus,  *  since  he  was  weary.'  Notice  that  a  Latin  ad- 
jective  or  participle  must  often  be  expanded  into 
a  clause  in  the  translation. 

16.  Haud= non.       It  modifies   a   single  word,  usually  an 

adjective  or  adverb. 
19.  modo.    See  the  note  on  18,  10. 

ingenti  magnitudine.  Compare  ingentis  m&gnitndinis, 
16,7. 

23.  bourn.     Loam  the  declension  of  this  word  from  the 

vocabulary. 

24.  nfi.    A  negative  clause  of  purpose  is  introduced  by  ni. 

24.  2.  omnibus  locis.     Locus  modified  by  an  adjective  is  often 

used  without  in  in  the  ablative  of  place. 


Notes  81 


24.  3.  nusquam.     We  say '  could  not  find  anywhere/  but  Latin 

prefers  to  combine  the  negative  with  another  word. 

6.  reliquis.     See  the  note  on  reliquos  centaurds,  14,  26. 

7.  e  bobus.     Compare  houm,  23,  23.     With  unus  the  ab- 

lative with  ex  OT  de  is  commonly  used  instead  of  the 
partitive  genitive. 

16.  neque  quicquam.      See  the  note  on    lO,  4. 

21.  more  suo,  'according  to  his  custom.' 

turbatus,  'was  confused  .  .  .   and.'     See  the  note  on 
Ird  .  .  .  interfecit,  18,  4. 

22.  in.     See  the  note  on  in  atrium,    7,  3. 

25.  respirandi.     See  the  note  on  12,  26. 

25.  2.  quam  quos,  for  quam  eos  quos. 

11.  cui.     See  the  note  on  cui  erant,  13,  5. 

12.  Herculi  imperaverat,  'had  enjoined  upon  Hercules.' 

17.  Eurystheo.     See  the  note  on  ordculo,  21,  3. 

19.  quaesiverat.  With  this  verb  the  person  of  whom  the 
question  is  asked  is  expressed  in  the  ablative  with  ab, 
de,  or  ex. 

23.  or  bis  terrarum,  'of  the  world,'  literally  'of  the  circle  of 

lands.' 

26.  umeris  suis,  ablative  of  means,  but  we  say  *on  his 

shoulders.' 
ne.     See  the  note  on  23,  24. 
decideret.     Notice  the  force  of  the  prefix  de, 

27.  miratus, '  wondering  at.'     The  perfect  participle  of  de- 

ponent verbs  is  often  best  rendered  into  English  by 
a  present  participle. 

26.  3.  Herculi,  dative  with  prodesse. 

ille.    See  the  note  on  Perseus,  4,  4. 
4.  certo,  the  adverb. 

6.  venisset      What  would  the   form   be   in    the  direct 
question? 

inquit    See  the  note  on  14,  28. 


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20.  7.  filiabus.  To  avoid  confusion  with  the  corresponding 
forms  of  deiLs  and  fllius,  the  dative  and  ablative 
plural  of  dea  and  fllia  sometimes  end  in  abus. 
sponte.  This  noun  is  practically  confined  to  the  ablative 
singular,  in  prose  usually  with  med,  tud,  or  sua,  *  of 
my,  your,  his  own  accord.' 
9.  posset,  subjunctive  because  indirect.  The  thought  of 
Hercules  was  si  potest. 

11.  abesset.     This  also  is  indirect,  quoting  absum. 

12.  umeris.     See  the  note  on  25,  26. 

17.  pauca  milia.     Extent  of  space,  like  duration  of  time,  is 
expressed  by  the  accusative, 
passuum.     See  the  note  on  16,  6. 
21.  ita  ut,  'as.' 

accgpissent.     Hitherto  we  have  found  the  indicative  in 
causal  clauses  introduced  by  quod.     The  subjunctive 
indicates  that  the  reason  is  quoted;  the  Hesperides 
said  quod  accepimus. 
28.  gratias  egit.     See  the  note  on  6,  16. 
27.     2.  6  laboribus.     See  the  note  on  24,  7. 

3.  Herculi  ^Ta.ecepeTa.t=Herculi  imperdverat,  25,  12. 

5.  posset,  subjunctive  because  it  quotes  the  thought  of 

Eurystheus,  poterit. 

6.  ut .  .  .  traheret.     This  clause  is  not  itself  the  object  of 

dedit,  but  in  apposition  with  the  object  (Negfitium). 

7.  omnium,  partitive  genitive. 

11.  narramus.  The  present  is  sometimes  used  with  ant©- 
quam  to  express  future  action,  as  in  English  with 
*  before.*  See  the  note  on  15,  1. 
aliSnum,  predicate  adjective,  the  subject  of  vidfttur 
being  pauca  .  .  .  pr6p6nere.  In  the  passive  vided  may 
moan  'be  seen,'  but  it  usually  means  'seem.' 

13.  qui  idem, '  which  also,'  literally  '  which  the  same.' 

14.  Ut, '  when.* 


Notes  83 


15.  deducebantur,  customary  action. 

19.  Stygis  fluminis.      We  say  'river  Styx/  but  'Mississippi 

River.' 
quo,  ablative  of  means. 

20.  necesse.     See  the  note  on  23,  3. 

possent.      The  subjunctive  is  used  with  antequam  to 
denote  that  the  action  is  expected  or  intended. 

21.  in.     We  say  'over.' 

25.  prius.  Notice  that  Latin  is  here  more  exact  than 
English,  using  the  comparative  because  only  two 
actions  are  spoken  of. 
dedisset,  subjunctive  because  indirect.  Charon  said 
nisi  dederis  {inture  perfect),  wow  trdnsveham,  'unless 
you  first  give  (shall  have  given),  I  wUl  not  carry 
you  across.' 
1.  mortui,  used  as  a  noun,  'of  the  dead  man.' 

eo   consilio,  'with  this  purpose,'  'to  this  end.'      The 
clause  ut .  . .  posset  is  in  apposition  with  consilio. 
6.  Ut.     Compare  27,  14. 

8.  quod  cum  fecissent,  'and  when  they  had  done  this.' 
See  the  note  on  quibus,  20,  1. 
13.  Stabant,  'there  stood.'     What  is  its  subject? 
15.  mortuis,  dative  of  indirect  object. 

et.  Notice  that  ambiguity  is  avoided  by  a  change  of 
conjunctions,  et  connecting  the  clauses  and  -que 
connecting  praemia  and  poenas.  Of  these  connec- 
tives, et  connects  two  ideas  that  are  independent  of 
each  other  and  of  equal  importance;  -que  denotes  a 
close  connection,  often  of  two  words  that  together 
express  a  single  idea;  while  ac  or  atque  (see  line  18) 
adds  something  of  greater  importance. 
18.  et.     Multi  is  often  joined  by  et  to  another  adjective 

modifying  tiie  same  noun. 
24.  ex.     Compare  25,  18. 


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28.  27.  s6  sociss,  direct  object  and  predicate  accusative  respect- 

ively. 

29.  3.  n6.     After  verbs  of  fearing  ne  must  be  rendered  *  that,' 

ut '  that  not.'  Notice,  however,  that  the  negative  idea 
is  as  clearly  present  here  as  in  the  other  clauses  intro- 
duced by  ne  that  we  have  met,  for  Charon  wishes 
that  the  thing  may  not  happen. 

13.  fgcisset,  indirect  for  feceris. 

18.  refugerit.     See  the  note  on  19,  22. 

23.  quae  cum  ita  essent,  '  and  this  being  the  case,'  '  and  so,' 

literally  *  since  which  things  were  so.' 

24.  liberatus.     See  the  note  on  ird  .  .  .  interfecit,  18,  4. 

25.  quae,  object  of  perscribere,  which  is  the  subject  of  est; 

longum  is  predicate  adjective. 

26.  est.     We  say  'would  be.' 

aetate,  ablative  of  specification.  Translate  '  when  he 
was  now  advanced  in  age '  (i.e.  'late  in  life'),  and  see 
the  note  on  fessus,  23,  15. 

30.  1.  accidit.     This  is  one  of  several  impersonal  verbs  which 

take  for  their  subject  a  clause  of  result  (ut . .  .  Occi- 
dent). 

3.  ut  .  .  .  iret,  a  clause  of  result;  used  as  the  subject  of 
esset,  m6s  being  predicate. 
quis.  After  si,  nisi,  ne,  and  num,  this  is  not  the  inter- 
rogative, but  an  indefinite  pronoun  ('any  one'), 
occidisset,  indirect  for  occiderit,  which  would  be  the 
form  used  in  the  laws;  or  it  maybe  explained  as 
subjunctive  by  attraction  to  Iret. 

7.  transeant,  not  'they  are  crossing,'  but  Hhey  are  to 
cross.'  The  direct  form  would  be  trdnseamus  ('  How 
in  the  world  are  we  to  get  across?'),  subjunctive 
because  the  question  expresses  doubt.  This  is 
called  the  deliberative  subjunctive. 
10.  prOgrcssus,  'after  advancing.' 


Notes  85 


30.  11.  revertebatur.     This  verb   is  deponent  in  the  present, 

imperfect,  and  future. 

16.  humi,  locative,  'on  the  ground.' 
ne.     See  the  note  on  23,  24. 

sui  ulciscendi,  '  of  avenging  himself.'  This  is  called  the 
gerundive  construction.  It  is  regularly  used  instead 
of  the  gerund  when  the  gerund  would  have  an  accu- 
sative object  {se  ulciscendi).  Notice  that  the  gerund 
is  a  verbal  noun;  the  gerundive  a  verbal  adjective, 
agreeing  with  its  noun  like  any  other  adjective. 

17.  morientis,  'of  a  dying  man.'     Compare  mortui,  28,  1. 

18.  vis,  from  void. 

20.  si  .  .  .  venerit, '  if  you  ever  suspect  him.'     What  is  the 

literal  meaning?  Notice  that  we  use  the  present, 
while  Latin  by  the  use  of  the  future  perfect  indicates 
that  the  action  is  to  precede  that  of  the  main  clause. 

21.  inficies.     The  future  indicative  is  sometimes  used,  as  in 

English,  for  the  imperative. 

22.  nihil  mali.     See  the  note  on  22,  26. 
suspicata.     See  the  note  on  25,  27. 

25.  lolSn,   filiam,  captivam,  direct  object,  appositive,  and 

predicate  accusative  respectively. 

26.  domum.     See  the  note  on  ad  domum,  3,  15. 

31.  1.  referret.     See  the  note  on  19,  6. 

2.  facerent,   subjunctive  by  attraction.      The  verb  of   a 

clause  dependent  upon  an  infinitive  is  put  in  the  sub- 
junctive when  the  two  clauses  are  closely  connected 
in  thought.  We  have  already  met  this  construction 
in  the  case  of  dependence  upon  a  subjunctive;  see 
the  note  on  20,  2. 
gerere.  Compare  30,  3.  Such  phrases  as  mos  est  may 
have  as  subject  either  an  infinitive  or  a  clause  of  result. 

3.  verita.     This  participle  is  regularly  rendered  as  present, 
ne.     See  the  note  on  29,  3. 


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31.4.  vestem.     Notice  that  the  position  of  this  word  helps  to 
make  it  clear  that  it  is  the  object  of  infecit  as  well  as 
of  dedit. 
'5.  suspicans.     This  does  not  differ  appreciably  in  force 

from  suspicdta,  30,  22. 
8.  exMiimatus,  'beside  himself.' 

14.  succenderent.     Notice  the  force  of  the  prefix  sub  in  this 

word  and  in  subdidit  below. 

15.  inductus,  'moved.' 

THE  ARGONAUTS 

33. 1.  alter  .  .  .  alter,  'one  .  .  .  the  other.'  Remember  that  this 
word  is  used  to  denote  one  of  two  given  persons  or 
things.  We  have  in  this  passage  an  instance  of  the 
chiastic  order,  in  which  variety  and  emphasis  are 
gained  by  reversing  the  position  of  the  words  in  the 
second  of  two  similar  expressions.  Here  the  two 
names  are  brought  together  by  this  device. 

3.  rfigni,  objective  genitive,  i.e.  a  genitive  used  to  denote 
the  object  of  the  feeling  cupiditate. 

6.  ex  amicis.     Quidam,  like  unus,  commonly  has  ex  or  de 

and  the  ablative,  instead  of  the  partitive  genitive. 
10.  puerum  mortuum  esse, '  that  the  boy  was  dead,'  literally 
*  the  boy  to  be  dead.'  This  is  indirect  for  Puer  mor- 
tuus  est,  'The  boy  is  dead.'  Notice  carefully  what 
changes  Latin  makes  in  quoting  such  a  statement 
indirectly,  and  what  the  changes  are  in  English.  We 
have  already  met  two  constructions  of  indirect  dis- 
course, the  subjunctive  in  indirect  questions,  and  the 
subjunctive  in  informal  indirect  discourse.  By  the 
latter  is  meant  a  subordinate  clause  which,  though 
not  forming  part  of  a  formal  quotation,  has  the 
subjunctive  to  show  that  not  the  speaker  or  writer 


Notes  87 


but  some  other  person  is  responsible  for  the  idea  it 
expresses  (see  the  notes  on  dedisset,  27,  25,  and  occi- 
disset,  30, 3) .  In  indirect  discourse,  then,  a  statement 
depending  upon  a  verb  of  saying,  thinking,  knowing, 
perceiving,  or  the  like  has  its  verb  in  the  infinitive 
with  the  subject  in  the  accusative;  a  command  or 
question  has  its  verb  in  the  subjunctive;  and  any 
clause  modifying  such  a  statement,  command,  or 
question  has  its  verb  in  the  subjunctive. 

33.  13.  intellegerent.     See  the  note  on  14,  20. 

14.  nescio  quam  fabulam,  'some  story  or  other.*  Notice 
that  nescio  with  the  interrogative  pronoun  is  equiva- 
lent to  an  indefinite  pronoun. 

19.  oraculum.  Read  again  the  description  beginning  at  the 
bottom  of  page  11. 

21.  quis.     See  the  note  on  30,  3. 

Post  paucis  annis,  'a  few  years  later,'  literally  'later  by 
a  few  years.'  Post  is  here  an  adverb,  and  paucis 
annis  ablative  of  degree  of  difference.  The  expression 
is  equivalent  to  post  paucos  annos. 

22.  accidit.     See  the  note  on  30,  1. 

facturus,  'intending  to  make.'  The  future  participle 
with  a  form  of  sum  is  used  to  express  an  intended  or 
future  action.  This  is  called  the  active  periphrastic 
conjugation. 

23.  certam.     See  the  note  on  5,  13. 

24.  Die  constituta,  ablative  of  time. 

26.  a  pueritia.     Compare  a  puero,  9,  20. 

34.  2.  transeundo  flumine.     See   the  note  on  sui  uldscendl, 

30,  16. 
nescio  quo.     See  the  note  on  33,  14. 
4.  uno   pede    nudo,    'with    one  foot  bare,'    the    ablative 
absolute.     This  construction  consists  of  two  parts, 
a  noun  or  pronoun  corresponding  to  the  subject  of  a 


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clause,  and  a  participle  corresponding  to  the  verb  of 
a  clause.  A  predicate  noun  or  adjective  may  take 
the  place  of  the  participle.  In  the  latter  case  the 
use  of  the  participle  'being'  will  show  the  two  parts 
in  the  relation  of  subject  and  predicate,  'one  foot 
being  bare.' 
34. 6.  dgmonstravisset,  subjunctive  because  subordinate  in 
indirect  discourse.  See  the  note  on  33,  10.  Polias 
thought,  Hlc  est  homo  quern  ordculum  demonstrdvit. 
9.  vellus  aureum.  Phrixus  and  his  sister  Helle  were  about 
to  be  put  to  death,  when  they  were  rescued  by  a  ram 
with  fleece  of  gold,  who  carried  them  off  through  the 
air.  Ilelle  fell  from  the  ram's  back  into  the  strait 
that  separates  Europe  and  Asia,  called  after  her  the 
Hellespont,  'Helle's  sea,'  and  known  to  us  as  the 
Dardanelles.  Phrixus  came  safely  to  Ck)lchis,  and 
here  he  sacrificed  the  ram  and  gave  the  fleece 
to  Aeetes.  Read  Mr.  D.  0.  S.  Lowell's  JasorCs 
Quest. 

11.  ut . . .  potirgtiir.     See  the  note  on  27,  6. 

h6c   vellere.      Potior  takes   the   same   construction  as 
vescor,  for  which  see  the  note  on  16,  19. 

16.  iter,  accusative  of  extent. 

20.  tisui,  dative  of  purpose.    We  say  *of  use'  or  'useful.' 

24.  operl,  dative  after  the  compound  with  prae.     Notice 

that  not  all  verbs  compounded  with  prepositions 
govern  the  dative.  Many  compounds  of  ad,  anUf 
com  (for  cum),  in,  inter,  oh,  post,  prae,  pro,  sub,  and 
super  do  have  the  dative,  and  some  compounds  of 
eircum.  You  will  find  it  profitable  to  keep  a  list  of 
all  such  compound  verbs  governing  the  dative  that 
you  meet  in  your  reading. 

25.  a6  . . .  quidem,  '  not  .  .  .  even.'     The  word  emphasized 

must  stand  between  ne  and  quidem. 


Notes  89 


34.  25.  ad  laborem.     See  the  note  on  ad  quietem,  14,  1. 

26.  Ad  multitudinem  transportandam,  used  like  ad  laborem. 

The  gerundive  in  this  use  is  very  common. 

27.  quibus.     The  antecedent  eae  is  not  expressed.     Notice 

that  utor  governs  the  same  case  as  vescor  and  potior. 

Two  other  deponent  verbs,  not  found  in  this  book, 

take  this  construction,  namely  fruor,  'enjoy,'   and 

fungor,  'perform.' 
nostro  mari,  i.e.  the  Mediterranean, 
consuevimus.     See  the  note  on  consueverat,  lO,  9. 

35.  8.  citharoedum.     It  was   said  that   Orpheus  made   such 

sweet  music  on  his  golden  harp  that  wild  beasts,  trees, 
and  rocks  followed  him  as  he  moved.  By  his  playing 
he  even  prevailed  upon  Pluto  to  give  back  his  dead 
wife  Eurydice. 
Theseum,  a  mythical  hero,  whose  exploits  resemble  and 
rival  those  of  Hercules.  The  most  famous  of  them 
was  the  killing  of  the  Minotaur.  Theseus  was  the 
national  hero  of  Athens. 
Castorem,  the  famous  tamer  of  horses  and  brother  of 
Pollux,  the  boxer.  Read  Macaulay's  Lays  of  Ancient 
Rome,  The  Battle  of  the  Lake  Regillus. 

10.  quos,  the  subject  of  esse.  Its  antecedent  is  eos,  line 
11.  The  relative  frequently  precedes  in  Latin,  but 
the  antecedent  must  be  translated  first. 

16.  Argonautae.     Notice  the  composition  of  this  word. 

24.  deicerentur,  part  of  the  result  clause. 

26.  arbitral.     See  the  note  on  25,  27. 
egre(^.     See  the  note  on  22,  18. 

27.  pugnatum  est.     See  the  note  on  20,  4. 

36.  5.  Postridie  eius  diei, '  the  next  day,'  more  literally  '  on  the 

day  following  that  day.'  This  idea  may  be  expressed 
by  postridie  alone,  and  the  fuller  expression  is  simply 
more  formal. 


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36.  9.  in  ancoris,  'at  anchor.' 

10.  haberent.     See  the  note  on  34,  6. 

11.  ex  Argonautis.     See  the  note  on  33,  6. 
13.  Qui,  'he.'     See  the  note  on  quibus,  20,  1. 

dum  quaerit, '  while  looking  for.'  The  present  indicative 
with  dum  is  often  to  be  translated  by  a  present 
participle. 

15.  vidissent.    We  say  '  saw,'  but  Latin  makes  it  plain  that 

the  seeing  (and  falling  in  love)  came  before  the  at- 
tempt to  persuade. 
ei.    Keep  a  list  of  all  intransitive  verbs  which  are  used 
with  the  dative. 

16.  negaret.    This  verb  is  conamonly  used  instead  of  died 

when  a  negative  statement  follows;  when  thus  used, 
it  should  be  translated  by  'say'  with  the  appro- 
priate negative,  here  'said  that  he  would  not.' 

37.  1.    praebuisset,    subjunctive   in    a   subordinate   clause   of 

indirect  discourse. 
2.  supplici.    See  the  note  on  7,  8. 

6.  accubuerat.    The  Romans  reclined  at  table,  supporting 

themselves  on  the  left  arm  and  taking  the  food  with 
the  right  hand.    They  naturally  represented  others 
as  eating  in  the  same  way. 
appositum,  '  that  had  been  placed  before  him.'    See  the 
note  on  exanimatum,  \4ti  4. 

7.  Qu6  .  .  .  moreretur, '  and  so  it  came  to  pass  that  Phineus 

was  nearly  dying  of  starvation,'  literally  'that  not 
much  was  wanting  but  that  Phineus  would  die.' 
Ut  .  .  .  abesset  is  a  clause  of  result,  the  subject  of 
factum  est;  quin  .  .  .  morerfiturisa  form  of  subordinate 
clause  with  subjunctive  verb  used  after  certain  nega- 
tive expressions;  fame  is  ablative  of  cause.  Notice 
that  jame8  has  a  fifth-declension  ablative,  but  is 
otherwise  of  the  third  declension. 


Notes  91 


37.  9.  Res  male  se  habebat,    'the   situation    was    desperate.' 

What  is  the  literal  meaning  ? 

12.  opinionem  virtutis,  'reputation  for  bravery.^ 

13.  quin  ferrent.     Negative  expressions  of  doubt  are  regu- 

larly followed  by  quln  and  the  subjunctive. 

16.  quanto  in  periculo.     See  the  note  on  1 1,  25. 

suae  res,  *his  affairs.'     See  the  note  on  res,  13,  8. 

17.  repperissent.    Phineus  used  the  future  perfect  indicative. 

22.  nihil,  used  adverbially. 

23.  aera.     See  the  note  on  4,  11. 

27.  Hoc  facto,  *  when  this  had  been  accomplished.'  See  the 
note  on  34,  4.  The  ablative  absolute  is  often  used 
instead  of  a  subordinate  clause  of  time,  cause,  con- 
dition, or  the  like. 

38.  1.  referret.     See  the  note  on  6,  16. 

3.  eo  consilio.     See  the  note  on  28,  1. 

4.  ne  quis,  'that  no  one.'    Negative  clauses  of  purpose  and 

negative  clauses  of  result  may  be  distinguished  by  the 
negative:  ne,  ne  quis,  etc.,  for  purpose;  utnon,  ut 
nemo,  etc.,  for  result. 
parvo    intervallo,    'a    short    distance    apart,'    ablative 
absolute.     See  the  note  on  34,  4. 

5.  in  medium  spatium,  '  between  them.' 

7.  quid   faciendum    esset,   'what   was  to  be  done.'     The 

gerundive  is  used  with  sum  to  denote  necessary 
action.  This  is  called  the  passive  periphrastic  con- 
jugation. 

8.  sublatis  .  .  .  solvit,  'weighed  anchor  and  put  to  sea.' 

What  is  the  literal  translation?  The  ablative  abso- 
lute is  often  best  translated  by  a  coordinate  verb,  and 
this  requires  a  change  of  voice,  for  the  lack  of  a 
perfect  active  participle  in  Latin  is  the  reason  for  the 
use  of  the  ablative  absolute  in  such  cases.  If  there 
were  a  perfect  active  participle,  it  would  stand  in  the 


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nominative,  modifying  the  subject,  as  we  have  found 
the  perfect  participle  of  deponent  verbs  doing. 

38.  11.  recta  .  .  .  spatium,  'straight  between  them.' 

12.  Cauda  tantum  amissa,  'having  lost  only  its  tail-feathers.* 
Notice  that  we  change  the  voice,  as  in  line  8,  and 
that  the  use  of  the  ablative  absolute  is  resorted  to 
here  for  the  same  reason  as  in  that  passage.  Make 
sure  at  this  point  that  you  know  three  ways  in 
which  the  ablative  absolute  may  be  translated,  as 
in  this  passage,  as  in  line  8,  and  as  suggested  in 
the  note  on  37,  27). 

14.  concurrerent,  'could  rush  together.'     See  the  note  on 
possent,  27,  20. 
intellegentes,  equivalent  to  cum  intellegerent. 

17.  dis,  the  usual  form  of  the  dative  and  ablative  plural 
of  deus,  as  di  of  the  nominative  plural, 
qudrum,  equivalent  to  cum  eorum.    A  relative  clause 
of  cause,  like  a  cwm-clause  of  cause,  has  its  verb  in 
the  subjunctive. 

27.  negabat.     See  the  note  on  36,  16. 

39.  1.  traditurum.     In  infinitives  formed  with  participles  esse 

is  often  omitted, 
prius.    See  the  note  on  27,  25. 

3.  Primum.    See  the  note  on  12,  16. 

4.  iungendi  erant.     See  the  note  on  38,  7. 

8.  rei    bene    gerendae,    *of    accomplishing    his    mission.* 

What  is  the  literal  meaning  ? 
10.  rem  aegr6  ferfibat,  'she  was  greatly  distressed.'     What 
is  the  literal  meaning  ? 

12.  Quae  .  .  .  csscnt    See  the  note  on  29,  23. 

13.  mediclnae,  objective  genitive. 

14.  Media  nocte.     See  the  note  on  9,  5. 

insciente  patre,  'without  the  knowledge  of  her  father/ 
abkitive  absolute. 


Notes  ^3 


39. 15.  venit     See  the  note  on  3,  13. 

17.  quod  .  .  .  confirmaret,  a  relative  clause  of  purpose. 

19.  essent,  subjunctive  in   informal   indirect  discourse,  or 

by  attraction  to  oblineret. 

20.  hominibus.     See  the  note  on  34,  24. 

21.  magnitudine  et  viribus,  ablative  of  specification. 

40.  2.  nihil  valere,  *  prevailed  not.' 

5.  qua  in  rg.     See  the  note  on  1 1 ,  25. 

6.  cdnfgcerit.     See  the  note  on  19,  22. 

8.  quos.     See  the  note  on  quibus,  20,  1. 

9.  autem.     See  the  note  on  5,  8. 

10.  essent,  subjunctive  by  attraction. 

11.  quodam,  'some.' 

16.  gignerentur,  'should  be  born.'  With  dum,  'untU,'  the 
subjunctive  is  used  of  action  anticipated,  as  with 
antequam  (see  the  note  on  possent,  27,  20). 

19.  omnibus  agri  partibus.     See  the  note  on  18,  6. 

20.  mirum  in  modum= wtro  modo. 

25.  nescio  cur,  '  for  some  reason.'     See  the  note  on  33, 14. 
28.  nullo  negotio,  'with  no  trouble,'  'without  difficulty.' 

41.  3.  quin  tulisset.     See  the  note  on  37,  13. 

15.  quam  primum,  '  as  soon  as  possible.'     See  the  note  on 

23,2. 

16.  avecturum.     See  the  note  on  traditurum,  39,  1. 

17.  Postridie  eius  diei.     See  the  note  on  36,  5. 

19.  loco.  The  antecedent  is  frequently  thus  repeated  in 
the  relative  clause. 

21.  qui .  .  .  essent,  'to  guard  the  ship.'    See  the  note  on 

13,  16. 

22.  ipse.    See  the  note  on  21;  19. 

27.  quidam.     This  word  may  sometimes  be  rendered  by 

the  indefinite  article. 

28.  dgmonstravimus.     See  the  note  on  ndrrdvimtis,  14,  17. 

42.  5.  dormit.    See  the  note  on  fugit,  4,  25. 


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42.  12.  aliqui.     Learn  from  the  vocabulary  the  difference  be- 

tween aliquis  and  aliqui. 
maturandum  sibi,  '  they  ought  to  hasten/  more  literally 
'haste  ought  to  be  made  by  them';  maturandum 
(esse)  is  the  impersonal  passive,  and  sibi  the  so-called 
dative  of  the  agent.  With  the  gerundive  the  person 
who  has  the  thing  to  do  is  regularly  expressed  in  the 
dative. 
16.  mirati.     See  the  note  on  35,  27. 

20.  dis.    See  the  note  on  38, 17. 

21.  evenisset.     See  the  note  on  accepissent,  26,  21. 

23.  vigilia.     The  Romans  divided  the  day  from  sunrise  to 

sunset  into  twelve  hours  (horae),  the  night  from 
sunset  to  sunrise  into  four  watches  (vigiliae). 

24.  neque  enim.     See  the  note  on  7,  12. 

25.  inimico  animo,  ablative  of  description. 

43.  2.  hoc  dolore,  '  this  anger,'  i.e.  '  anger  at  this.' 

Navem  longam,  'war-galley,'  'man-of-war.'     The  ad- 
jective contrasts  the  shape  of  the  man-of-war  with 
that  of  the  merchantman. 
4.  fugienlis,  used  as  a  noun, '  the  fugitives.' 

6.  qua,  ablative  of  means. 

7.  qua,  '  as,'  but  in  the  same  construction  as  eftdem  celeri- 

tate. 

8.  Qu6  .  . .  caperentur.     See  the  note  on  37,  7. 

9.  neque  .  .  .  posset,  'for  the  distance  between  them  was 

not  greater  than  a  javelin  could  be  thrown.'  What 
is  the  literal  translation?  The  clause  qud  .  .  .  posset 
denotes  result;  the  distance  was  not  so  great  that  a 
javelin  could  not  be  thrown  from  one  ship  to  the 
other. 

11.  vidisset.     See  the  note  on  36,  15. 

15.  fugifins,  'when  she  fled.'    See  the  note  on  fessus,  23, 15. 

18.  filL    See  the  note  on  7,8. 


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43.  19.  Neque  .  .  .  fefellit,    '  and    Medea   was    not    mistaken.' 

What  is  the  literal  meaning  ? 
20.  ubi  primum,  'as  soon  as/  literally  Svhen  first.' 

24.  prius,  not  to  be  rendered  untH  quam  is  reached.     The 

two  words  together  mean  'before/  more  literally 
'earlier  than/  'sooner  than.'  They  are  sometimes 
written  together  (priusquam) . 

25.  nihil  .  .  .  esse,  'that  it  would  be  of  no  advantage  to  him.' 

44.  5.  pollicitus  erat.     Verbs  of  promising  do  not  usually  take 

in  Latin  the  simple  present  infinitive,  as  in  English, 
but  the  construction  of  indirect  discourse. 

10.  mihi.     The  dative  of  reference  is  often  used  in  Latin 

where  we  should  use  a  possessive  in  English.  Trans- 
late here  as  if  the  word  were  mens,  modifying  dies. 

11.  Liceat  mihi,  'permit  me,'  literally  'let  it  be  permitted  to 

me.'  Commands  and  entreaties  in  the  third  person 
are  regularly  expressed  in  the  subjunctive, 
dum  vivam,  '  so  long  as  I  live.'  The  verb  with  dum  '  so 
long  as '  is  not  restricted  to  the  present,  as  with  dum 
'while,'  but  any  tense  of  the  indicative  may  be  used. 
We  have  here  the  future  indicative,  or  the  present 
subjunctive  by  attraction. 

12.  tu.     The  nominative  of  the  personal  pronouns  is  com- 

monly expressed  only  when  emphatic.  Here  the  use 
of  the  pronoun  makes  the  promise  more  positive. 

15.  rem  aegre  tulit,  'was  vexed.'     Compare  39,  10. 

20.  .Vultisne,  the  verb  vultis  and  the  enclitic  -ne,  which  is 
used  to  introduce  a  question,  and  is  incapable  of 
translation.  Num  (line  21)  introduces  a  question  to 
which  a  negative  answer  is  expected,  and  is  likewise 
not  to  be  translated,  except  in  so  far  as  its  effect  is 
reproduced  by  the  form  of  the  question  or  the  tone 
of  incredulity  with  which  the  words  are  spoken. 

28.  effervesceret.     See  the  note  on  40,  16. 


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46.    3.  stupentes,  'in  amazement.' 

5.  Vos.     Seethe  note  on 44, 12.     V6s  and  ego  in  the  next 

sentence  are  contrasted. 
7.  Quod  ubi.     See  the  note  on  28,  8. 
10.  necavenint.     See  the  note  on  inter  fecit,  13,  18. 
13.  qui  bus.     For  the  case  see  the  note  on  quihus,  34,  27. 

15.  re  vera,  'really.' 

18.  aegre  tulerunt,  'were  indignant  at.'      Compare  39,  10, 

and  44,  15. 
23.  Creonfi.     See  the  note  on  cui  erant,  13,  5. 

25.  nuntium,  'a  notice  of  divorce.' 

26.  duceret.     See  the  note  on  duxit,  6,  18. 
28.  ulturam.     See  the  note  on  39,  1. 

46.    1.  Vestem.     Compare  the  story  of  the  death  of  Hercules, 
pp.  30,  31. 
3.  quis.     See  the  note  on  30,  3. 

induisset,  subjunctive  by  attraction. 
5.  nihil  mali.     See  the  note  on  22,  26. 

16.  itaque,  not  the  adverb  itaque,  but  the  adverb  Ua  and 

the  enclitic  conjunction  -que. 
aera.     See  the  note  on  4,  11. 
21.  in  earn  partem,  'to  that  side.' 


ULYSSES 

49.    4.  insidias.     This  refers  to  the  story  of  the  wooden  horse. 
9.  quern,  subject   of   excSgitisse.     The  English  idiom   is 
'who,  some  say,  devised.'     Notice  that  excdgitAsse 
is  contracted  from  excdgitdvisse. 
10.  qu6,  ablative  of  means. 

19.  aliae  . .  .'partis,  'some  in  one  direction  and  some  in  an- 

other,' but  Latin  compresses  this  into  the  one  clause 
'others  in  other  directions.' 

20.  qua.    See  the  note  on  43,  6r 


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49.  26.  quibusdam,  dative  with  obviam  facti,  '  having  fallen  in 
with/  'having  met.' 
27.  Accidit.     See  the  note  on  30,  1. 
50-    2.  gustassent,  contracted  from  gustdvissent. 

patriae  et  socionim.  Verbs  of  remembering  and  for- 
getting take  the  genitive  or  the  accusative,  but 
ohlimscor  prefers  the  former. 

4.  cibo.     See  the  note  on  16,  19. 

5.  hora  septima.     See  the  note  on  42,  23. 
11.  docuerunt.     See  the  note  on  4,  26. 

51.  6.  tantum,  the  adverb. 

23.  se,  'they,'  i.e.  himself  and  his  companions, 
praedandi  causa,  'to  steal.'     Purpose  is  frequently  thus 

expressed  by  causa  with  the  genitive  of  the  gerund  or 
gerundive.  What  other  ways  of  expressing  purpose 
have  you  met  in  your  reading? 

24.  a  Troia.    The  preposition  is  sometimes  used  with  names 

of  towns,  with  the  meaning  '  from  the  direction  of '  or 
'from  the  neighborhood  of.' 

25.  esse.     It  will  help  you  to  understand  indirect  discourse 

if  you  will  try  to  discover  what  words  would  be 
used  to  express  the  idea  in  the  direct  form.  Here, 
for  instance,  the  exact  words  of  Ulysses  would  have 
been  in  Latin:  Neque  mercdtores  sumus  neque  prae- 
dandi causa  venimus;  oed  a  Troid  redeuntes  vl  tempe- 
stdtum  d  recto  cursu  depulsi  sumus. 

27.  ubi  .  .  .  essent.     The  question  of  Polyphemus  was  Ubi 
est  ndvis  qud  vectl  estis? 
sibi  .  .  .  esse,  'that  he  must  be  exceedingly  careful.'    See 
the  note  on  mdturandum  sibi,  42,  12. 

29.  in  .  .  .  esse,  'had  been  driven  on  the  rocks  and  en- 
tirely dashed  to  pieces.'  See  the  note  on  Ird  .  .  . 
inter  fecit,  18,  4. 

52.  1.  membris  eOrum  divulsis,  'tearing  them  limb  from  limb.' 


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62.  4.  ne  .  .  .  quidem.     See  the  note  on  34,  25. 

6.  tam.     Notice  that  the  force  of  a  second  demonstrative 

word  is  lost  in  the  English  rendering.     So  hlc  tantuf 
vir,  '  this  great  man/  etc. 

7.  huml.     See  the  note  on  30,  16. 

prostratus,  '  throwing  himself  down.'     See  the  note  on 
continehantur,  20,  26. 

8.  rei  gerendae,  'for  action.'     Compjire  39,  8. 

9.  in  eo  .  .  .  transfigeret,  'was  on  the  point  of  transfixing.' 

The  clause  of  result  ut .  .  .  transfigeret  is  explanatory 
of  in  eo. 
13,  nihil  sibi  profutunim.     See  the  note  on  43,  25. 

17.  hoc  conatu.     See  the  note  on  13,  11. 

18.  nulla  .  .  .  oblata,  'since   no  hope    of   safety  presented 

itself.'     See  the  note  on  continehantur,  20,  26. 

21.  et.     See  the  note  on  28,  18. 

23.  laturi  essent,  'would  bring,'  more  literally  'were  going 
to  bring.'  Notice  that  in  subjunctive  constructions 
the  periphrastic  form  is  necessary  to  express  future 
action  clearly,  since  the  subjunctive  has  no  future. 

25.  quod,  object  of  the  implied  fccerat. 

63.  14.  quo.     See  the  note  on  43,  7. 

15.  id  1  .  .  saluti,  '  and  this  was  his  salvation,'  literally '  that 
which  was  for  safety  to  him.'  For  the  datives  see 
the  note  on  13,  16. 

20.  tertium,  the  adverb. 

22.  Nfiminem.     Why  is  the  accusative  used? 

27.  in  quit.     See  the  note  on  1 4,  28. 

28.  quam    facultatem,    for  facultdtcm    quam.     The    ante- 

cedent is  often  thus  attracted  into  the  relative  clause. 
n6    omittamus,    'let    us    not    neglect,'    the    hortatory 
subjunctive. 

29.  rel  gerendae.     See  the  note  on  62,  8. 

64.  I.  extremum  palum,  'the  end  of  the  stake.'     Other  ad- 


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jectives  denoting  a  part  of  the  object  named  by 
the  noun  they  modify  are  medius, '  the  middle  of ' ; 
ceterus,  'the  rest  of;  reliquus,  'the  rest  of;  'primus, 
'the  first  of;  summus,  'the  top  of;  Imus,  'the 
bottom  of.' 

54.  5.  dum  errat,  'wandering/ 

23.  pecus.      Is  this  pecus,  pecoris,  or  pecus,  pecudisf    See 

the  note  on  pecora,  20,  2Q. 

24.  venerat.    We  say  '  came/  but  the  Latin  by  the  use  of 

the  pluperfect  denotes  that  this  action  preceded 
that  of  tractabat. 

55.  1.  quas.     See  the  note  on  quibus,  20,  1. 

inter  se.     Compare  2 1 ,  20. 

5.  fore,  'would  happen.' 

15.  aliquod.     Compare  42,  12,  and  the  note. 

16.  id  .  .  .  erat,  'as  was  indeed  the  case.' 

17.  auxiliandi  causa.     See  the  note  on  51,  23. 

26.  correptum  coniecit,  'seized  and  threw.' 

27.  non  .  .  .  submergerentur.     Seethe  note  on  37,  7. 

56.  4-6.  These  verses  and  those  on  p.  57  and  p.  59  are  quoted 

from.  Vergil's  Aeneid. 

6.  vinclis,  for  vinculls. 

8.  viris.     Let  the  quantity  of  the  first  i  tell  you  from 

what  nominative  this  word  comes. 
11.  sibi  proficiscendum.    See  the  note  on  mdturandum  sibi, 

42,  12. 
13.  iam  profecturo,  '  as  he  was  now  about  to  set  out.' 
16.  naviganti,  'to  one  sailing.' 

25.  mirabantur,  'had  been  wondering.'     With  iam  dudum 

and  similar  expressions  the  imperfect  denotes  action 
begun  some  time  before  and  still  going  on  at  the 
given  past  time.  This  is  similar  to  the  use  of 
the  present  already  commented  on  (see  the  note 
on  es,  4, 1). 


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56.  28.  celata,  plural  because  of  the  plural  expression  aurum  et 
argentum. 

67.  1.  venti,  subject  of  rutrnt  and  perflant. 

2.  velut  agmine  facto,  '  as  if  formed  in  column.' 

3.  data.     Est  is  omitted. 

10.  proiecissent.     See  the  note  on  accepissent,  26,  21. 

13.  in  terrain  egrediendum  esse,  'that   a  landing   must  be 
made.' 

18.  quam,  an  adverb  modifying  crudeli. 

19.  assent,  informal    indirect  discourse  or  subjunctive  by 

attraction. 

20.  vellet,  subjunctive   of   characteristic.      This    name  is 

given  to  the  subjunctive  when  used  in  relative 
clauses  to  define  or  restrict  an  indefinite  or  general 
antecedent.  So  here  it  is  not  'no  one  was  found/ 
but  'no  one  willing  to  undertake  this  task  was 
found.' 

21.  deducta  est,  'came.' 

23.  praeesset,  subjunctive  of  purpose. 

25.  evenit.     This   verb   takes   the   same   construction   as 
accidit,  30,  1. 

68.  1.  nihU.    See  the  note  on  37,  22. 
2.  morfi.     Compare  49,  26. 

5.  aliquantum  itineris,  'some  distance  on  the  journey.* 
The  two  words  are  accusative  of  extent  of  space  and 
partitive  genitive  respectively. 

11.  sibi,  'for  them,'  dative  of  reference. 

12.  foris.     This  is   translated   like   forfts  above,  but    the 

former  was  originally  locative  and  is  therefore  used 
with  verbs  of  rest;  the  latter,  accusative  of  place 
whither  and  therefore  used  with  verbs  of  motion. 

15.  accubuerunt.     See  the  note  on  37,  G. 

25.  perturbatus,  used  as  a  predicate  adjective,  *  agitated.' 

27.  correpto.    See  the  note  on  38,  8. 


Notes         3    .  '  ^  ^     '  ^  {   '  1^^ 


69.    1.  quid.     See  the  note  on  quis,  30,  3. 

graviiis,  'serious.' 

ei.  The  direct  form  of  these  two  speeches  would  be: 
Si  quid  gravius  tibi  acciderit,  omnium  solus  in 
summo  discrlmine  erit;  and  Neminem  inmium  mecum 
adducam;  tibi  licet,  si  mams,  in  nam  manere;  ego  ipse 
sine  ullo  praesidio  rem  suscipiam.  Notice  that  ego 
is  not  used  to  represent  se  of  line  2,  but  is  used  for 
se  of  line  4  for  the  sake  of  the  contrast  with  tibi. 

6.  nullo.     Instead  of  the  genitive  and  ablative  of  nemo, 

nulllus  and  nullo  are  regularly  used. 

7.  Ali quantum  itineris.     See  the  note  on  58,  5. 

10.  in  eo  .  .  .  intraret.     See  the  note  on  52,  9. 

11.  ei.  Compare  49,  26,  and  58,  2. 
14.  Circes,  a  Greek  form  of  the  genitive. 

16.  Num.  See  the  note  on  44,  20.  Nonne  (line  14)  is  used 
to  introduce  a  question  to  which  an  affirmative 
answer  is  expected. 

18.  nullis.     See  the  note  on  24,  3. 

22.  tetigerit.     See  the  note  on  30,  20. 

tu  .  .  .  facias,  'see  that  you  draw  your  sword  and  make 
an  attack  upon  her.' 

24.  visus,  '  sight.'     The  use  of  the  plural  is  poetic. 

25.  tenuem  .  .  .  auram.   The  order  of  the  words  here  is  poetic. 
GO.    1.  atque,  'as.'      After   adjectives   and  adverbs  denoting 

likeness  and  unlikeness,  this  use  of  atque  is  regular. 

3.  depulsa  est.     See  the  note  on  4,  26. 

4.  sibi.     See  the  note  on  58,  11. 

11.  ut .  .  .  erat,  'as  he  had  been  instructed,'  more  literally 
'as  had  been  enjoined  upon  him.'  An  intransitive 
verb  must  be  used  impersonally  in  the  passive,  for 
it  is  the  direct  object  of  the  active  voice  that  be- 
comes the  subject  of  the  passive.  If  the  intransitive 
verb  takes  a  dative  in  the  active,  this  dative  is  kept 


10'^  Fabulae  Faciles 


in  the  passive.  Notice  that  the  corresponding  Eng- 
lish verbs  are  transitive,  and  that  the  dative  may 
therefore  be  rendered  as  the  object  in  the  active  con- 
struction and  as  the  subject  in  the  passive. 

60.  13.  sensisset.     See  the  note  on  mdissent,  30,  15. 

14.  sibi  vitam  adimeret,   'take    her    life.'      The  dative  of 

reference  is  thus  used  after  some  compound  verbs 
to  name  the  person  from  whom  a  thing  is  taken. 
This  construction  is  sometimes  called  the  dative  of 
separation. 

15.  timore  perterritam.     See  the  note  on  14,  11. 

20.  ei  pedes,  '  his  feet.'     See  the  note  on  44,  10. 

21.  imperasset,  contracted  from  impcrdvi^set. 

22.  in  atrium.     See  the  note  on  7,  3. 
26.  sunt,  goes  with  reducti. 

29.  reliquis  Graecis,  indirect  object  of  diceret. 

30.  Circaeam.     Notice  that  this  use  of  the  adjective  instead 

of  the  genitive  often  cannot  be  imitated  in  the 
English  rendering,  but  must  be  translated  by  the 
possessive  case  or  a  prepositional  phrase. 

61.  8.  ei  persuasum  sit,  *he  was  persuaded.'      See  the  note  on 

CO,  11.  The  clause  ut .  . .  manfiret  is  the  subject  of 
persuasum  sit;  if  the  latter  were  active,  the  clause 
would  be  its  object.  For  the  tense  of  persuasum  sit 
sec  the  note  on  19,  22. 

10.  cOnsumpserat.     See  the  note  on  14,  3. 

patriae,  objective  genitive,  to  be    rendered,  as  often, 
with 'for.' 

15.  flsuL     See  the  note  on  34,  20. 

23.  antequam  perveniret.     We  say 'before  he  could  come.' 

See  the  note  on  posscnt,  37,  20. 

24.  h6c  loc6.     See  the  note  on  24,  2. 

longum  est.     We  say  'would  be  tedious'  or  'would  take 
too  long.' 


VOCABULARY 


ABBREVIATIONS 


abl. 

= 

ablative. 

infin. 

= 

infinitive. 

ace. 

= 

accusative. 

interrog. 

= 

interrogative. 

act. 

= 

active. 

loo. 

= 

locative. 

adj. 

= 

adjective. 

m. 

= 

masculine. 

adv. 

=: 

adverb 

n. 

=: 

neuter. 

comp. 

= 

comparative. 

part. 

= 

participle. 

conj. 

= 

conjunction. 

pass. 

= 

passive. 

dat. 

= 

dative. 

perf. 

= 

perfect. 

dem. 

= 

denlonstrative. 

pers. 

= 

personal. 

f. 

= 

feminine. 

plur. 

= 

plural. 

freq. 

= 

frequentative. 

prep. 

= 

preposition. 

gen. 

= 

genitive. 

pron. 

= 

pronoun  or  pro- 

ger. 

= 

gerundive. 

nominal. 

impers. 
indecl. 

= 

impersonal. 

rel. 

= 

relative. 

= 

indeclinable. 

sing. 

= 

singular. 

indef. 

= 

indefinite. 

superl. 

= 

superlative. 

The  hyphen  in  initial  words  indi 

mtes  the  composition  of  the  words. 

a  or  ab  (the  former  never  used 
before  words  beginning  with  a 
vowel  or  h),  prep,  with  abl., 
away  jrom,  from;  of;  by. 

abditus,  -a,  -um  [part  of  abdo], 
hidden,  concealed. 

ab-do,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus,  put 
awoy,  hide. 

ab-duc6,  -ducere,  -duzi,  -ductus, 
lead  or  take  away. 

ab-eo,  -ire,  -ii,  -iturus,  go  away, 
depart. 

abicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [ab  + 
iacio],  throw  away. 

abripio,  -ripere,  -ripui,  -reptus  [ab 


+  rapio],    snatch   away,    carry 

off. 
abscldo,  -cidere,  -cidi,  -cisus  [abs 

=  ab  +  caedo],  cut  away  or  off. 
ab-scindo,        -scindere,       -scidi, 

-scissus,  tear  away  or  off. 
ab-sum,    abesse,    afui,    afuturus, 

he  away,  he  absent,  he  distant; 

he  wanting. 
ab-sumo,       -sumere,       -sumpsi, 

-sumptus,  take  away,  consume, 

destroy. 
Absyrtus,  -i,  m.,  Ahsyrtus. 
ac,  see  atque. 
Acastus,  -i,  m.,  Acastus. 
accendo,         -cendere,        -cendi, 

-census,  kindle,  light. 

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Fabulae  Faciles 


accidd,      -cidere,     -cidi      [ad  -f 

cado],  fall  to  or  upon;  befall, 

happen. 
accipio,    -cipere,    -cepi,    -ceptus 

[ad  +  capio],    take    to    oneself, 

receive,  accept ;  hear;  suffer. 
accumbo,      -cumbere,       -cubui, 

-cubitus,  lie  down  (at  table). 
accurrS,  -currere,  -curri,  -cursus 

[ad  +  curro],  run  to,  come  up. 
acer,  acris,  acre,  sharp,  shrill. 
acies,  -el,  f.,  line  of  battle. 
Acrisius,  -i,  m.,  Acrisius, 
acriter     [acer],     adv.,     sharply, 

fiercely. 
ad,  prep,  with  ace,  to,  toward; 

at,  near;  for. 
ad-amo,         -amare,         -amavi, 

-amatus,  feel  love  for,  fall  in 

love  with. 
ad-duco,  -ducere,  -duxi,  -ductus, 

lead  to,  bring,  take;  induce,  in- 
fluence. 
ad-e6,  -ire,  -ii,  -itus,  go  to,  ap- 
proach. 
ad-fero,  adferre,  attuli,  adlatus, 

bear  to,  bring. 
adficiO,  -ficere,  -f6ci,  -fectus  [ad 

+  facie],   do   to,   move,   affect; 

visit,  afflict. 
ad-flig6,   -fligere,   -flixl,   -flictus, 

dash  to,  shatter. 
adhibed,  -hibSre,  -hibui,  -hibitus 

[ad  -f  habeC],  hold  to,  employ, 

show. 
ad-hQc,  adv.,  to  this  point,  up  to 

this  time,  yet,  still. 
adicid,  -icere,  -iScI,  -iectus  [ad  + 

iacio],  throw  to,  throw,  hurl. 
adimd,    -imere,    -6mi,    -fimptus 

[ad  +  em6],    take    to    oneself, 

take  away. 
aditus,  -Os  [adeS],  m.,  approach, 

entrance. 
ad-iungO,        -iungere,       -ifinid, 

-iunctus,  join  to,  join. 


ad-ligo,   -ligare,  -ligavi,  -ligatus, 

bind  to,  bind. 
Admeta,  -ae,  f  ,  Admeta. 
ad-miror,  -mirari,  -miratus,  won^ 

der  at,  admire. 
ad-mitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 

send  to,  admit;  allow. 
ad-sto,  -stare,  -stiti,  stand  at  or 

near. 
adulesc6ns,     -entis,     m.,    youth, 

young  man. 
adul6scentia,  -ae  [adulescSns],  f., 

i/outh. 
ad-uro,  -urere,  -ussi,  -ustus,  set 

fire  to,  burn,  scorch,  sear. 
ad-venio,  -venire,  -v6ni,  -ventus, 

come   to    or   toward,  approach, 

arrive. 
adventus,  -us  [advenid],  m.,  ap- 
proach, arrival. 
Aeacus,  -i,  m.,  Acacus. 
aedifico,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [aedis 

+  facio],     make     a     building, 

build. 
aedis,  -is,  f.,  sing,  temple,  plur. 

house. 
Aeetgs,  -ae,  m.,  Aeetes. 
aegre  [aeger,  sick],  adv.,  ill,  with 

difficulty. 
Aegyptii,-6rum,m.  pi.,  Egyptians. 
afineus,  -a,  -um  [aes],  of  copper 

or  bronze. 
Aeolia,  -ae  [Aeolus],  f.,  Aeolia. 
Aeolus,  -i,  m.,  Aeolus. 
aer,  aeris,  m.,  air. 
aes,  aeris,  n.,  copper,  bronze. 
Aes6n,  -onis,  m.,  Aeson. 
aestas,  -tatis,  f.,  summer. 
aetas,  -tatis,  f.,  age. 
Aethiopes,  -um,  m.  plur.,  Ethio- 
pians. 
Aetna, -ae,  f.,  Etna. 
ager,  agri,  m.,  field,  land. 
agmen,    -minis    [agd],  n.,  band, 

column. 
AgnOscd,       -gndscere,       -gnOvI, 


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-gnitus  [ad  +  (g)nosc6,  come  to 
know],  recognize. 

ago,  agere,  egl,  actus,  drive;  do; 
pass,  lead;  gratias  agere,  see 
gratia. 

ala,  -ae,  f.,  wing. 

albus,  -a,  -um,  white. 

AlcmSna,  -ae,  f.,  Alcmena. 

alienus,  -a,  -um  [alius],  belong- 
ing to  another,  out  of  place. 

ali-quando,  adv.,  at  some  time 
or  other;  finally,  at  length. 

ali- quantum,  -quanti,  n.,  some- 
what. 

ali-qui,  -qua,  -quod,  indef.  pron. 
adj.,  some,  any. 

ali-quis,  -quid,  indef.  pron.,  some- 
one, any  one,  something,  any- 
thing, some,  any. 

aliter  [alius],  adv.,  in  another  way, 
otherwise,  differently. 

alius,  -a,  -ud,  another,  other; 
alii  .  .  .  alii,  some  .  .  .  others. 

alo,  -ere,  -ui,  -tus,  nourish. 

Alpes,  -ium,  f.  plur.,  Alps. 

alter,  -era,  -erum,  one  or  the  other 
(of  two) ;  another,  second. 

altus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  aid],  high, 
deep;  altum,  -i,  n.,  the  deep. 

Amazones, -um,  f.  plur., Amazons. 

amentia,  -ae  [a  +  mens,  mind], 
f .,  madness. 

amicus,  -i,  m.,  friend. 

a-mitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 
send  away,  lose. 

amo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  love. 

amor,  -oris  [amo],  m.,  love. 

a-moveo,  -movere,  -m6vi, 
-motus,  move  away. 

amphora,  -ae,  f .,  jar,  bottle. 

an,  conj.,  or  (in  questions). 

ancora,  -ae,  f .,  anchor;  in  ancoris, 
at  anchor. 

Andromeda,  -ae,  f.,  Andromeda. 

anguis,  -is,  m.  and  f.,  serpent^ 
snake. 


anima,  -ae,  f.,  breath,  soul,  life. 
animadvert©,     -vertere,      -verti, 

-versus     [animus  +  ad-verto], 

turn  the  mind  to,  observe. 
animus,    -i,    m,,    mind ;    heart ; 

spirit,  courage. 
annus,  -i,  m.,  year. 
ante,  prep,  with  ace.  and  adv., 

before.  » 

antea  [ante],  adv.,  before. 
antecello,  -cellere,  surpass,  excel. 
ante-quam,    conj,,    before     than, 

sooner  than,  before. 
antiquus,  -a,  -um,  ancient. 
antrum,  -i,  n.,  cave. 
anxius,  -a,  -um,  anxious. 
aper,  apri,  m.,  wild  boar. 
aperio,  -ire,  -ui,  -tus,  open. 
apertus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  aperio], 

open. 
Apollo,  -inis,  m.,  Apollo. 
appello,        -pellare,       -pellavi, 

-pellatus,  call,  name. 
appello,    -pellere,   -puli,  -pulsus 

[ad  +  pello],  drive  to,  bring  to; 

with  or  without  navem,  put  in. 
appeto,  -petere,  -petivi,  -petitus 

[ad  +  peto],  draw  near. 
appono,  -ponere,  -posui,  -positus 

[ad  +  pono],  put  to  or  near,  set 

before,  serve. 
appropinquo,  -propinquSre, 

-propinquavi,       -propinquatus 

[ad  +  propinquo],  approach  to, 

approach. 
apud,  prep,  wxihsicc., among, with. 
aqua,  -ae,  f .,  water. 
ara,  -ae,  f.,  altar. 
arbitror,    -ari,    -atus,    consider, 

think,  judge. 
arbor,  -oris,  f,,  tree. 
area,  -ae,  f.,  chest,  box,  ark. 
Arcadia,  -ae,  f ,,  Arcadia. 
arcesso,  -ere,  -ivi,  -itus,  call,  sum- 
mon, fetch. 
arcus,  -us,  m.,  bow. 


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ardeo,  ardere,  arsi,  arsus,  he  on 

fire,  burn. 
argentum,  -i,  n.,  silver. 
Argo,  Argus,  f.,  the  Argo. 
Argolicus,  -a,  -um,  of  Argolis  (the 

district    of    Greece    in    which 

Tiryns  was  situated),  Argolic. 
Argonautae,       -arum      [Argo  + 

nauta],  m.  plur.,  Argonauts. 
Argus,  -i,  m.,  Argus. 
aries,  -etis,  m.,  ram. 
arma,    -drum,    n.    plur.,    arms, 

weapons. 
armatus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  armo], 

arm£d. 
armo,   -are,   -avi,  -atus   [arma], 

arm,  equip. 
aro,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  plow. 
ars,  artis,  f.,  art. 
ascendo,       -scendere,       -scendi, 

-scensus  [ad  +  scando],   climb 

to,  ascend,  mount. 
aspicio,  -spicere,  -spexi,  -spectus 

[ad  -j-  specio],    look  at  or  on, 

behold. 
at,  conj.,  but. 

Athenae,  -arum,  f.  plur.,  Athens. 
Atlas,  -antis,  m.,  Atlas. 
atque    or    ac   (the   latter   never 

used   before   words   beginning 

with  a  vowel  or  h)y  conj.,  and; 

after  words  of  comparison,  as, 

than. 
atrium,  -i,  n.,  hall. 
attingo,    -tingere,    -tigi,    -tactus 

[ad  -}-  tango],  touch  at. 
audacia,    -ae    [audax,    bold],    f., 

boldness,  audacity. 
auded,  audere,  ausus  sum,  dare. 
audio,  -ire,  -ivi,  -itus,  hear;  listen 

or  attend  to. 
auferd,  auferre,  abstuli,  abiatus 

[ab-f-  fer6],  bear  away^  carry  off. 
aufugifi,    -fugere,    -fugi    [ab  -f- 

fugid],  flee  or  run  away. 
Augfias,  -ae,  m.,  Augeas. 


aura,  -ae,  f.,  air,  breeze. 

aureus,  -a,  -um  [aurum],  of  gold, 
golden. 

auris,  -is,  f.,  ear. 

aurum,  -i,  n.,  gold. 

aut,  conj.,  or;  aut . . .  aut,  either 
. .  .  or. 

autem,  conj.,  moreover;  but,  how- 
ever; now. 

auxilior,  -ari,  -atus  [auxilium], 
help. 

auxilium,  -i,  n.,  help,  aid. 

a-veho,  -vehere,  -ve»,  -vectus, 
carrj/  away. 

avis,  -is,  f.,  bird. 

a-vol6,  -voiare,  -voiavl, 

-volaturus,  fly  away. 

avus,  -i,  m.,  grandfather. 


B 


baculum,  -i,  n.,  stick,  wand. 
balteus,  -i,  m.,  belt,  girdle. 
barbarus,  -a,  -um,  barbarian. 
beatus,  -a,  -um,  happy,  blessed. 
bellicosus,  -a,  -um  [beUumJ,  vxir- 

like. 
bellum,  -i,  n.,  war. 
belua,  -ae,  f.,  beast,  monster. 
bene  [bonus],  adv.,  well;  svx:cess- 

fully. 
beneficium,  -i  [bene  -f  facid],  n., 

well-doing,     kindness,     service , 

benefit. 
benigne   [benignus,   kind],   adv., 

kindly. 
benigniitas,  -tatis  [benignus,  kind], 

f.,  kindness. 
bib6,  bibere,  bibi,  drink. 
biceps,  -cipitis  [bi-  +  caput],  adj., 

two-headed. 
bonus,  -a,  -um,  good. 
bds,  bovis,  pen.  plur.  bourn,  dat. 

and  ahl.  plur.  b6bus,  m.and  f., 

ox,  bull,  cow. 
bracchium,  -I,  n.,  arm. 


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brevis,  -e,  short. 

Busiris,  -idis,  m.,  Busiris. 


Cacus,  -i,  m.,  Cams. 

cadaver,    -eriSj    n.,    dead    body, 

corpse,  carcass. 
cado,  cadere,  cecidi,  casunis,  fall. 
caecus,  -a,  -um,  blind. 
caedes,  -is  [caedo,  cut],  f.,  cutting 

down,  killing^  slaughter. 
caelum,  -i,  n,,  heaven,  sky. 
Calais,  -is,  m.,  Calais. 
calamitas,    -tatis,  f.,    misfortune, 

calamity,  disaster, 
calceus,  -i,  m.,  shoe. 
calefacio,   -facere,   -feci,   -factus 

[caleo,  be  hot  +  facio],  make  hot. 
calor,  -oris  [caleo,   be   hot],   m., 

heat. 
campus,  -i,  m.,  plain,  field. 
cancer,  cancri,  m.,  crab. 
canis,  -is,  m.  and  f.,  dog. 
canto,   -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 

cano,  sing],  sing. 
cantus,    -us    [cano,     sing],     m., 

singing,  song. 
capio,  capere,  cepi,  captus,  take, 

catch,    seize ;    receive,    suffer ; 

adopt. 
captivus,  -a,  -um  [capio],  captive. 
caput,  capitis,  n.,  head. 
career,  -eris,  m.,  prison. 
carmen,  -minis   [cano,  sing],  n., 

song,  charm. 
caro,  carnis,  f.,  flesh. 
carpa,  -ere,  -si,  -tus,  pluck. 
Castor,  -oris,  m,,  Castor. 
castra,  -orum,  n.  plur.,  camp. 
casu    [abl.    of    casus],    adv.,    by 

chance,  accidentally. 
casus,  -us  [cado],  m.,  fall;  chance, 

accident. 
catena,  -ae,  f,,  chain. 
Cauda,  -ae,  f.,  tail. 


eausa,  -ae,  f.,  cause,  reason;  abl. 
causa,  for  the  sake  of. 

caveo,  cavere,  cavi,  cautus,  be- 
ware, take  care;  be  on  one's 
guard  against,  beware  of. 

celeber,  Celebris,  celebre,  fre- 
quented; renowned,  celebrated. 

celeritas,  -tatis  [celer,  swift],  f., 
swiftness,  quickness,  speed. 

celeriter  [celer,  swift],  adv.,  swift- 
ly, quickly. 

celo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  hide, 
conceal. 

cena,  -ae,  f.,  dinner. 

cenaculum,  -i  [cena],  n.,  dining- 
room. 

Cenaeum,  -i,  n.,  Cenaeum  (a 
promontory  of  Euboea). 

ceno,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [cena],  dine. 

censeo,  censere,  censui,  census, 
think,  believe,  consider. 

centaurus,  -i,  m.,  centaur. 

centum,  indecl.  adj.,  one  hundred. 

Cepheus,  -i,  m.,  Cepheus. 

Cerberus,  -i,  m.,  Cerberus. 

Ceres,  Cereris,  f,,  Ceres. 

cerno,  cernere,  crevi,  certus  or 
cretus,  discern,  perceive,  make 
out. 

certamen,  -minis  [certo,  strive], 
n.,  struggle,  contest. 

certo  [abl.  of  certus],  adv.,  with 
certainty,  for  certain,  certainly. 

certus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  cerno], 
determined,  fixed,  certain;  cer- 
tiorem  facere,  to  make  more 
certain,  inform. 

cervus,  -i,  m.,  stag. 

ceteri,  -ae,  -a,  plur.  adj.,  the  other, 
the  remaining,  the  rest  of. 

Charon,  -ontis,  m,,  Charon. 

cibus,  -i,  m.,  food. 

cingo,  cingere,  cinxi,  cinctus, 
surround,  gird. 

Circe,  -es,  f.,  Circe. 

Circaeus,  -a,  -um  [Circe],  of  Circe. 


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circiter,  prep,  with  ace,  and  adv.| 

about. 
circum,  prep,  with  ace.,  around. 
circum-do,   -dare,   -dedi,   -datus, 

put  around,  surround. 
circum-sto,    -stare,    -steti,    stand 

around. 
citerior,  -ius  [comp.  from  citrS, 

on  this  side  of],  adj.,    on  this 

side,  hither. 
cithara,  -ae,  f.,  cithara,  lute,  lyre. 
citharoedus,  -i  [cithara],  m.,  ci- 

tharoedus  (one  who  sings  to  the 

accompaniment  of  the  cithara) . 
civis,    -is,    m.    and    f.,    citizen, 

fellow-citizen,  subject. 
civitas,  -tatis  [civis],  f.,  state. 
clamito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 

ciamo,  call  out],  call  out. 
clamor,   -oris     [ciamo,  call  out\ 

m.,  shout,  cry. 
clava,  -ae,  f.,  club. 
dementia,  -ae  [clemens,  merciful], 

{.,  mercy,  kindness. 
coepi,  coepisse,  coeptus  (used  in 

tenses    of   completed    action), 

have  begun,  began. 
cdgito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  consider, 

think  over. 
c6gn6sc6,       -gnoscere,       -gn6vi, 

-gnitus  [com- +  (g)n6sc6,  come 

to   know],    find    oid,   learn;   in 

tenses    of     completed    action, 

have  found  oxd,  know. 
c6g6,  c6gere,  coegi,  coactus  [co- 

+  ag6],  drive  together,  collect; 

compel. 
co-hortor,  -hortari,  -hortatus,  en- 

courttge,  exhort. 
Colchi,  -6rum,  m.  plur.,  Colchians. 
Colchis,  -idis,  f.,  Colchis. 
collum,  -i,  n.,  neck. 
cold,   colere,    colul,    cultus,   till, 

cultivate;  inhabit;  worship. 
color,  -Oris,  m.,  color. 
columba,  -ae,  f.,  pigeon,  dove. 


columna,  -ae,  f.,  column,  pillar. 
comes,  -itis  [com-  +  e6],  m.  and 

f.,  companion. 
commeatus,    -iis,    m.,    supplies, 

provisions. 
com-mitt6,        -mittere,       -misi, 

-missus,  send  together;  commit, 

intrust;  expose;  proelium  com- 

mittere,  to  join  battle. 
com-moror,    -morari,    -moratus, 

tamj,  linger,  delay,  stay. 
com-moveo,      -mov6re,      -movi, 

-m6tus,  move,  rouse;  dvfturh. 
com-mutati6,  -tionis,  f.,  change. 
com-par6,       -parare,       -paravi, 

-paratus,  prepare,  collect. 
com-pello,  -pellere,  -puli,  -pulsus, 

drive  together,  drive. 
complector,  -plecti,  -plexus,  em- 
brace. 
com-ple6,  -plere,  -pl6vi,  -plfitus, 

fill  full,  fill  up. 
com-plurfis,    -plura,    plur.    adj., 

several,  many. 
com-port6,     -portare,     -portavi, 

-portatus,    carry    or    bring   to- 

gether,  collect. 
com-prehendd,  -prehendere, 

-prehendi,    -prehfinsus,     seize, 

catch. 
comprimO,      -primere,      -press!, 

-pressus  [com-  -f  prem6],  press 

together,  squeeze,  compress. 
cdnatus,  -us  [c6nor],  m.,  attempt, 

effort. 
con-c6d6,  -cfidere,  -cessi,  -cessus, 

grant,  yield. 
con-curr6,        -currere,        -currl, 

-cursus,  r^tn,  rush,  or  dash  to- 

getficr, 
con-d6,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus,   put 

together,  found;  store  a  waif. 
c6n-fer6,  cdnferre,  contull,  con- 

latus,    bring    together;      grant, 

confer;  86  cdnferre,   to   betake 

oneself,  mxike  one^a  way. 


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conficio,     -ficere,     -feci,     -fectus 

[com-  +  facio],     make     or    do 

completely,      complete,      finish, 

accomplish,  make;  wear  out. 
con-firmo,     -firmare,     -firmavi, 

-firmatus,  strengthen,  establish; 

declare,  assert. 
con-fligo,  -fligere,  -Aim,  -flictus, 

dash  together. 
conicio,     -icere,     -ieci,     -iectus 

[com-  +  iacio],   throw  together; 

throw,  cast,  hurl. 
con-iungo,      -iungere,       -iunm, 

-iunctus,  join  together,  join. 
coniunx,  coniugis  [coniungo],  m. 

and  f.,  spouse,  husband,  wife. 
conligo,     -ligere,     -legi,     -Iectus 

[com-  +  lego],  gather  together, 

collect. 
con-loco,         -locare,         -locavi, 

-locatus,    place    together,     put, 

place. 
conloquium,   -i   [conloquor,   talk 

together]^  n.,  conversation. 
Conor,  -ari,  -atus,  try,  attempt. 
conscendo,     -scendere,     -scendi, 

-scensus     [  com-    +      scando, 

climb],  climb;  navem  conscen- 

dere,  to  climb   the  ship,  go   on 

board,  embark. 
consensus,  -us  [consentio,  agree], 

m.,  agreement,  consent. 
c6n-sequor,  -sequi,  -secutus,  fol- 
low up,  follow;  overtake. 
c5n-servo,      -servare,     -servavi, 

-servatus,  preserve,  keep. 
con-sido,   -sidere,   -sedi,   -sessus, 

sit  down. 
consilium,  -i  [consulo],  n.,  advice; 

plan,  design,  purpose;  prudence. 
con-sisto,  -sistere,  -stiti,  -stilus, 

station  oneself,  take  one's  stand; 

consist. 
conspectus,  -us  [conspicio],   m., 

sight. 
cdnspicioi       -spicere,        -spexi. 


-spectus  [com-  +  speci5,  look], 

behold,  perceive,  see. 
constituo,        -stituere,        -stitui, 

-stitutus    [com-  +  statuo],    set 

together  or  up;  appoint;  deter- 
mine. 
con-sto,   -stare,   -stiti,  -staturus, 

stand    together,    agree;  consist; 

constat,  it    is    agreed,  is    well 

known. 
con-suesco,      -suescere,      -suevi, 

-suetus,      become     accustomed; 

in  tenses  of  completed  action, 

have     become     accustomed,     be 

accustomed  or  wont. 
consulo,  -ere,  -ui,  -tus,  consult. 
con-sumo,      -sumere,      -sumpsi, 

-sumptus,  take  completely,  use 

up,  consume,  spend. 
con-tego,  -tegere,  -texi,  -tectus, 

cover. 
con-tendo,       -tendere,       -tendi, 

-tentus,  stretch,  hasten. 
continens,    -entis    [contineo],    f., 

mainland,  continent. 
contineo,  -tinere,  -tinui,  -tentus 

[com-  +  teneo],    hold    together, 

keep  within,  shut  up  in;  bound. 
continuus,    -a,    -um    [contineo], 

continuous,  successive. 
contra,  prep,  with  ace,  against, 

contrary  to. 
controversia,  -ae,  f,,  quarrel,  dis- 
pute, debate. 
con-venio,  -venire,  -veni,  -ventus, 

coine  together,  assemble. 
con-verto,        -vertere,        -verti, 

-versus,     turn      round,      turn, 

change;    in  fugam  convertere, 

to  put  to  flight. 
con-voco,       -vocare,       -vocavi, 

-vocatus,  call  together,  summon, 

assemble. 
co-orior,  -oriri,  -ortus,  arise. 
copia,  -ae,  f.,  supply,  abundance; 

plur.,  forces,  troops. 


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Corinthus,  -i,  m.,  Corinth. 

corium,  -i,  n.,  hide,  leather. 

cornu, -us,  n.,  horn. 

corpus,  corporis,  n.,  body. 

corripio,  -ripere,  -ripui,  -reptus 
[com-  +  rapid],  seize,  snatch, 
snatch  up. 

cottidie,  adv.,  daily,  every  day. 

credibilis,  -e  [credo],  credible. 

credo,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus,  believe. 

creo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  elect,  ap- 
point. 

Creon,  -ontis,  m.,  Creon. 

crepitus,  -us  [crepo,  rattle],  m., 
rattle,  clatter. 

crepundia,  -orum  [crepo,  rattle], 
n.  plur.,  rattle. 

Creta,-ae,  f.,  Crete. 

cruciatus,  -us  [crucio,  torture], 
m.,  torture. 

crudelis,  -e,  cruel. 

crus,  cruris,  n.,  leg. 

cubiculum,  -i  [cubo],  n.,  bed- 
room. 

cubo,  -are,  -ui,  lie  down,  lie,  re- 
cline. 

culter,  cultri,  m.,  knije. 

cum,  prep,  with  abl.,  with. 

cum,  conj.,  when,  while,  after; 
since;  although. 

cunae,  -arum,  f.  plur.,  cradle. 

cupiditas,  -tatis  [cupidus],  f., 
desire,  longing,  eagerness. 

cupidus,  -a,  -um  [cupi6],  desir- 
ous, eager. 

cupid,  -ere,  -ivi,  -itus,  desire,  long 
for,  wish. 

cur,  adv.,  why. 

curr6,currere,cucurri,cur8us,run. 

currus,  -us,  in.,  chariot. 

cursus,  -us  [currO],  m.,  running, 

course. 
cust6di6,  -Ire,  -ivI,  -itus  [cu8t6s, 

guard],  guard. 
Cycldps,  -is,  m.,  Cyclops 
Cyzicus,  -i,  f .,  Cyzicus. 


D 


damnum,   -I,    n.,    harm,   injury. 

Danae,  -es,  f .,  Danae. 

de,  prep,  with  abl.,  down  from, 

from,  out  of;  about,  r/ynceming, 

of. 
debeo,    -ere,    -ui,    -itus     [d6  + 

habeo],  owe;  with  infin.,  ought. 
debitus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  debed], 

owed,  due. 
d6-c6d6,  -cedere,  -cessi,  -cessus, 

go  away,  depart. 
decem,  indecl.  adj.,  ten. 
decido,  -cidere,  -cidi  [d6  +  cad6], 

fall  down. 
decimus,  -a,  -um  [decem],  tenth. 
decipio,    -cipere,    -cepi,    -ceptus 

[de  +  capio],  catch,  deceive. 
decoro,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [decus, 

adornment],  adorn,  distinguish. 
de-curro,       -currere,       -cucurri, 

-cursus,  run  down. 
de-decus,  -decoris,   n.,  dishonor, 

disgrace. 
de-do,    -dere,   -didi,   -ditus,    give 

away  or  up. 
dS-duc6,  -ducere,  -duxi,  -ductus, 

lead    down    or    away,     bring; 

navem  deducere,  to  draw  down 

or  launch  a  ship. 
dfe-fendd,  -fendere,  -fendi,  -fCnsus, 

ward  off;  defend. 
d6-fer6,  -ferre,  -tuli,  -Ifttus,  bear 

or  carry  away  or  off. 
de-fessus,    -a,    -um,    worn    out, 

exhausted. 
d6fici6,  -ficere,  -fCcI,  -fectus  [dft 

-f  facid],  fail. 
Deianira,  -ae,  f.,  Dejanira. 
deiciO,  -icere,  -iCci,  -iectus  [d«  4* 

iacid],  throw  down,  cast,   drive 

out  of  one's  course. 
deinde,  adv.,  then,  next. 
de-labor,  -l&bi,   -lapsus,   slip   or 

fall  down. 


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deligo,  -ligere,  -legi,  -lectus  [de  + 

lego],      choose       out,      choose, 

select. 
Delpln,  -orum,  m.  plur.,  Delphi. 
Delphicus,  -a,  -um  [Delphi],  of 

Delphi,  Delphic,  Delphian. 
demissus,     -a,     -um     [part,     of 

demitto],  downcast,  dejected. 
de-mitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 

send    down,    let    fall ;    animos 

demittere,  to  lose  courage. 
de-monstro,  -monstrare, 

-monstravi,  -monstratus,  point 

out,  show;   make  known. 
demum,  adv.,  at  la^t. 
denique,  adv.,  lastly,  finally. 
dens,  dentis,  m.,  tooth. 
densus,  -a,  -um,  thick. 
de-pell6,  -pellere,  -puli,  -pulsus, 

drive  off  or  away,  drive. 
de-ploro,       -plorare,       -ploravi, 

-ploratus,  lament. 
de-pono,  -ponere,  -posui,  -positus, 

put   down,   deposit;  lay   aside, 

give  up;  e  memoria  deponere, 

to  forget. 
deripio,    -ripere,    -ripui,    -reptus 

[de  +  rapio],  snatch  away,  tear 

off,  pull  down. 
descendo,      -scendere,      -scendi, 

-scensus   [de  +  scando],    climb 

down,  descend. 
de-sero,   -serere,   -serui,   -sertus, 

desert. 
desertus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  desero], 

deserted. 
desiderium,  -i  [desidero,  desire], 

n.,  desire,  longing. 
desilio,  -silire,  -silui,  -sultus  [de  + 

salio],  leap  down. 
de-sisto,    -sistere,    -stiti,    -stitus, 

set  down;  leave  off,  desist,  cease. 


de-spero,       -spgrare,       -speravi, 

-speratus,  despair. 
de-super,  adv.,  down  from  above. 


de-terreo,        -terrere,        -terrui, 

-territus,  frighten  off,  deter. 
de-traho,  -trahere,  -traxi,  -tractus, 

draw  or  pull  off. 
deus,  -i,  m,,  god. 
de-verto,    -vertere,    -verti,    turn 

away  or  aside. 
de-voro,         -vorare,         -voravi, 

-voratus,  swallow  doivn,  swal- 
low, devour. 
dexter,  -tra,  -trum,  right. 
dextra,  -ae  [dexter],  f.,  right  hand 

(manus  understood). 
Diana,  -ae,  f.,  Diana. 
dico,    dicere,    (Kxi,    dictus,    say, 

speak;  diem  dicere,  to  appoint 

or  set  a  day. 
dies,  -ei,  m.  and  f.,  day. 
difficilis,    -e    [dis-  +  f acilis],    not 

easyj  difficult. 
difficultas,    -tatis     [difficilis],   f., 

difficulty. 
diffundo,  -fundere,  -fudi,  -fusus 

[dis-  +  fundo],       pour      forth, 

spread  or  shed  abroad,  diffuse. 
diligenter  [diligens,  careful],  adv., 

carefully,  diligently. 
diligentia,  -ae  [diligens,  careful], 

f.,  care,  diligence,  industry. 
di-lucesco,  -lucescere,  -luxi,  grow 

light,  dawn. 
dilucide  [dilQcidus,  distinct],  adv., 

distinctly,  plainly. 
di-mitt5,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 

send  different  ways,  send  forth 

or  away,  despatch;  let  slip,  lose. 
Diomedes,  -is,  m.,  Diomedes. 
dims,  -a,  -um,  dreadful. 
dis-cedo,  -cedere,  -cessi,  -cessus, 

go  apart,  withdraw,  depart 
disco,  discere,  didici,  learn. 
discrimen,    -criminis,    n.,    crisis, 

peril,  danger. 
discus,  -i,  m.,  discus,  quoit. 
disicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [dis- 

+  iacio],  throw  apart,  scatter. 


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diu,  adv.,  jor  a  long  time,  a  long 
time  or  while,  long;  comp. 
diutius,  longer. 

di-vell6,  -vellere,  -velli,  -vulsus, 
tear  apart,  rend  asunder,  tear 
in  pieces. 

di versus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  diver- 
to],  turned  different  ways,  oppo- 
site, contrary,  different. 

dividd,  -videre,  -visi,  -visus, 
divide,  separate. 

do,  dare,  dedi,  datus,  give. 

doceo,  -gre,  -ui,  -tus,  teach,  ex- 
plain. 

dolor,  -oris  {doled,  he  in  pain"],  m., 
pain,  grief;  anger. 

dolus,  -i,  m.,  trick,  craft. 

domina,  -ae,  f.,  Tnistress. 

domus,  -us,  f.,  house,  home. 

donum,  -i  [d6],  n,,  gift. 

dormio,  -ire,  -ivi,  sleep. 

draco,  -onis,  m.,  dragon,  serpent. 

dubito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [dubius], 
doubt,  hesitate. 

dubius,  -a,  -um,  doubtful,  un- 
certain. 

duco,  ducere,  duxi,  ductus  [dux], 
lead;  make,  dig;  with  or  with- 
out in  matrimdnium,  marry. 

dudum,  adv.,  formerly,  of  old; 
iam  dud  am,  this  long  time. 

dulcedo,  -inis  [dulcis],  f .,  sweetness. 

dulcis,  -e,  sweet. 

dum,  conj.,  while,  as;  as  long  as; 
until. 

duo,  -ae,  -o,  plur.  adj.,  two. 

duodecim  [duo  +  decem],  indecl. 
adj.,  twelve. 

duo-de-viginti,  indecl.  adj.,  eight- 
een. 

dux,  ducis.  m.  and  f.,  leader, 
commander. 


e,  see  ex. 

6briu8,  -a,  -um,  drunk. 


S-dic6,     -dicere,     -dixi,     -dictus, 

declare,  proclaim,  appoint. 
6-d6,    -dere,    -didi,    -ditus,    put 

forth,  give  out,  utter. 
6-duc6,  -ducere,  -duxi,  -ductus, 

lead  out,  draw. 
eflfervSsco,    -fervfiscere,     -ferbui 

[ex  +  fervfisco],     boil    up     or 

over,  boil. 
efficio,  -ficere,  -feci,  -fectus  [ex  -f 

facio],  make  or  work  out,  ac- 
complish, effect. 
efflo,  -flare,  -fiavi,  -flatus  [er  + 

flo],  breathe  out. 
effugio,  -f ugere,  -f ugi  [ex  +  f ugi6], 

fee  out  or  away,  escape. 
effundo,   -fundere,   -fudi,   -fusus 

[ex  +  fundo],  pour  out. 
ego,  mei,  pers.  pron.,  /. 
egredior,    -gredi,    -gressus    [6  + 

gradior],    go    out    or   forth,    go 

ashore,  disembark. 
figregie  [egregius,  excellent],  adv., 

excellently,    splendidly,     admi- 
rably. 
Elis,  -idis,  f.,  Elis. 
Elysius,  -a,  -um,  Elysian. 
6-mitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 

send  out  or  forth. 
enim,  conj.,  for. 
6-nunti6,     -nuntiftre,     -nunti&vl, 

-nuntiatus,  speak  out,  announce, 

make  known. 
e6,  ire,  ii,  itus,  go. 
e6     [is],    adv.,    to     that     place, 

thither. 
equus,  -i,  m.,  horse. 
6r6ctus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  Crig6], 

upright,  erect. 
erga,    prep,    with    ace,  toward, 

for. 
Erglnus,  -I,  m.,  Erginus. 
Eridanus,  -i,  ni,,  Eridanus 
erigd,  -rigere,  -rfixi,  -rfictus  [ft  4- 

reg6],  raise  or  set  up,  raise,  lift; 

cheer,  encourage. 


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gripio,    -ripere,    -ripui,    -reptus 

[e  +  rapio],  snatch  out  or  away, 

rescue. 
erro,  -are,   -avi,  -atus,   wander, 

stray;  he  mistaken. 
gnidio,  -rudire,  -nidivi,  -ruditus, 

instruct. 
Erymanthius,  -a,  -um,   of  Ery- 

manthus,  Erymanthian. 
Erythia,  -ae,  f .,  Erythia. 
et,  conj.,    and;  et  .  .  .  et,   both 

.  .  .  and. 
etiam  [et  +  iam],  adv.,  and  now, 

also,  too,  even. 
et-si,  conj.,  even  if,  although. 
Eunomus,  -i,  m.,  Eunomus. 
Europa,  -ae,  f .,  Europe. 
Eurylochus,  -i,  m.,  Eurylochus. 
Eurystheus,  -i,  m.,  Eurystheus. 
Eurytion,  -onis,  m.,  Eurytion. 
Eurytus, -i,  m.,  Eurytus. 
6-vado,    -vadere,    -vasi,    -vasus, 

go  forth,  get  away,  escape. 
6-vanesco,     -vanescere,     -vanui, 

vanish  away. 
e-venio,  -venire,  -veni,  -ventus, 

come    out;  turn    out,    happen, 

befall. 
e-voco,         -vocare,         -vocavi, 

-vocatus,  call  out,  challenge. 
6-vom6,        -vomere,        -vomui, 

-vomitus,  vomit  forth. 
ex  or  e  (the  latter  never  used 

before    words   beginning   with 

a    vowel    or    h),   prep,    with 

abl.,  out  of,  from;  of. 
ex-animo,    -animare,    -animavi, 

-animatus,  p^it  out  of  breath, 

fatigue,  tire,  exhaust;  stupefy; 

kill. 
ex-ardesc6,      -ardescere,      -arsi, 

-arsus,    blaze  out,  be  inflamed, 

rage. 
ex-cedo,  -cedere,  -cessi,  -cessus, 

go  out  or  forth,  depart. 
excipid,    -cipere,    -cepi,    -ceptus 


[ex  +  capio],  take  out  or  up, 

receive,  welcome,  entertain. 
ex-cito,  -citare,  -citavi,  -citatus, 

call  out,  arouse. 
ex-clamo,     -clamare,     -clamavi, 

-clamatus,  cry  out,  exclaim. 
excludo,  -cludere,  -clusi,  -clusus 

[ex  +  claudo],  shut  out,  hinder, 

prevent. 
ex-cogito,     -cogitare,    -cogitavi, 

-cogitatus,  think  out,  contrive, 

devise,  invent. 
ex-crucio,     -cniciare,    -cruciavi, 

cniciatus,  torture. 
ex-eo,  -ire,  -ii,  -itus,  go  out. 
exerceo,  -ercere,  -ercui,  -ercitus, 

exercise. 
exercitatio,    -onis    [exerceS],    f., 

exercise. 
exercitus,  -us,  m.,  army. 
ex-haurio,       -haurire,       -hausi, 

-haustus,  drink  up  or  off,  drain. 
existimo,     -istimare,     -istimavi, 

-istimatus        [  ex  +    aestimo, 

value],  consider,  believe,  think. 
ex-orior,  -oriri,  -ortus,  arise  from, 

spring  up,  rise. 
ex-pell6,  -pellere,  -puli,  -pulsus, 

drive  out,  expel. 
ex-pio,    -piare,    -piavi,    -piatus, 

expiate. 
explorator,   -oris    [explore],    m., 

explorer,  scout,  spy. 
ex-ploro,      -plorare,       -ploravi, 

-ploratus,  search  out,  explore. 
ex-pono,         -ponere,         -posui, 

-positus,  put  out,  set  forth;  put 

on  shore,  land;  explain. 
exprimo,       -primere,        -pressi, 

-pressus  [ex+  premo],  press  out. 
exsilio,  -silire,  -silui  [ex  +  salio], 

leap  out  or  forth. 
exsilium,  -i  [exsul,  exile],  n.,  exile. 
ex-specto,    -spectare,    -spectavi, 

-spectatus,  look  out  for,  wait  for, 

await,  expect;  wait. 


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ex-spir6,        -spirare,        -spiravi, 

-spiratus,  breathe  out. 
ex-stru6,        -struere,        -struxi, 

-structus,  pile  or  heap  up,  build, 

erect. 
extemplo,      adv.,      immediately, 

straightway,  at  once. 
ex-trah6,-trahere,  -traxi,  -tractus, 

draw  or  drag  out,  release,  rescue. 
extremus,  -a,  -um,  last,  extreme, 

furthest. 
exuo,  -uere,  -ui,  -utus,   put   or 

take  off. 


faber,  fabri,  m.,  smith. 

f abricor,  -ari,  -atus  [faber],  Tnake, 
fashion. 

fabula,  -ae  [for,  speak],  f.,  story. 

facile  [facilis,  easy\,  adv.,  easily. 

f acinus,  facinoris  [facio],  n.,  deed, 
crime. 

facid,  facere,  feci,  factus,  mxike, 
do;  iter  facere,  see  iter. 

facultas,  -tatis  [facilis,  easy"],  f., 
possibility,  opportunity,  chance, 
means. 

fallo,  fallere,  fefelli,  falsus,  de- 
ceive. 

falsus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  fallo], 
feigned,  pretended,  false. 

falx,  falcis,  f .,  sickle;  curved  sword, 
falchion. 

fama,  -ae  [for,  speak],  f.,  report, 
rumor. 

fames,  -is,  abl.  fame,  f.,  hunger. 

far,  f arris,  n.,  grain;  meal 

fatum, -i  [part,  of  for,  speak],  n., 
destiny,  fate. 

fauces,  -ium,  f .  plur.,  throat. 

fax,  facis,  f.,  torch,  firebrand. 

feliciter  [felix,  happy],  &dv.,  hap- 
pily, fortunately,  successfully. 

femina,  -ae,  f .,  woman. 

fera,  -ae  [ferns,  wild],  f.,  wild 
animal,  beast. 


fere,  adv.,  nearly,  about,  almost, 

for  the  most  part. 
fero,  ferre,  tuli,  latus,  bear,  bring. 
ferox,    -ocis    [iferus,   wild],   adj., 

fierce,  savage. 
ferreus,  -a,  -um  [femim,  iron], 

of  iron,  iron. 
ferveo,  -ere,  boil;  glow,  bum. 
fessus,  -a,  -um,  exhausted,  worn 

out,  weary. 
figura,  -ae,  f.,  form,  shape,  figure. 
filia,  -ae,  f.,  daughter. 
filius,  -i,  m.,  son. 
fingo,  fingere,  finm,  fictus,  invent, 

make  up. 
finis,    -is,    m.,    end,    boundarj/; 

plur.,  borders,  territory,  country. 
finitimus,  -a,  -um  [finis],  neigh- 
boring, adjoining. 
fid,  fieri,  factus  sum,  be  done  or 

made,  become,  happen. 
flamma,  -ae,  f .,  flame. 
flumen,    -minis    [fluo,    flow],  n., 

river. 
fons,  fontis,  m.,  fountain,  spring. 
foras  [foris],   adv.,  out  of  doors, 

forth,  out. 
foris  [foris],   adv.,  out  of  doors, 

without. 
foris,  -is,  f.,  door. 
forma,  -ae,  f.,  form,  appearance; 

beauty. 
formosus,  -a,  -um  [f6rma],  beau- 
tiful. 
forte    [fors,    chance],    adv.,    by 

chance,  accidentally. 
fortis,  -e,  brave. 
fortiter  [fortis],  adv.,  bravely. 
fortuna,    -ae    [fors,    chance],    f., 

fortune. 
fossa,  -ae  [part,  of  fodi6,  dig],  f., 

ditch,  trench. 
frangd,   frangere,   fregl,   frActus, 

break;  dash  to  pieces,  wreck. 
frater,  fratris,  m.,  brother. 
fraus,  fraudis,  f.,  deception,  fraud. 


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fremitus,  -us  [fremo,   roar],   m., 

roaring,  roar. 
freno,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [frenum, 

bridle],  bridle,  restrain. 
f return,  -i,  n.,  strait. 
frons,  frontis,  f.,  forehead. 
fructus,    -us    [fruor,    enjoy],    m., 

enjoyment;  fruit. 
frumentor,   -an,   -atus   [frumen- 

tum],  fetch  grain,  forage. 
frumentum,  -i  [fruor,  enjoy],  n., 

grain. 
frustra,  adv.,  in  vc^in. 
fuga,  -ae,  f.,  fAght. 
fugio,     fugere,     fugi,     fugiturus 

[fuga],  flee,  run  away. 
fumus,  -i,  m.,  smoke. 
furor,     -oris     [furo,     rage],     m., 

rage,  fury,  frenzy,  madness. 
furtum,  -i  [fur,  thief],  n,,  theft. 


galea,  -ae,  f.,  helmet. 

Gallia,  -ae,  f.,  Gaul. 

gaudeo,     gaudere,     gavisus,     be 

glad,  rejoice. 
gaudium,  -i  [gaudeo],  n.,  gladness, 

joy. 
gens,  gentis,  f.,  race,  nation. 
genus,  generis,  n.,  kind,  nature. 
gero,  gerere,  gessi,  gestus,  carry, 

wear;  carry  on,  do. 
Geryon,  -onis,  m.,  Geryon. 
gigno,    gignere,    genui,    genitus, 

produce,  bring  forth. 
gladius,  -i,  m.,  sword. 
Glauce,  -es,  f.,  Glauce. 
gloria,  -ae,  f.,  glory. 
Gorgo,  -onis,  f.,  Gorgon. 
Graeae,  -arum,  f .  plur.,  the  Graeae. 
Graecia,  -ae  [Graecus],  f.,  Greece. 
Graecus,  -a,  -um,  Greek. 
gratia,    -ae    [gratus],    f.,    favor; 

gratitude,  thanks;  plur.,  thanks; 


gratias  agere,  to  give  thanks, 
thank;  gratiam  referre,  to  re- 
turn a  favor,  show  gratitude, 
■  requite. 

gratus,  -a,  -um,  pleasing,  grateful. 

gravis,  -e,  heavy;  severe,  grievous, 
serious. 

graviter  [gravis],  adv.,  severely, 
seriously. 

gubemo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  steer. 

gusto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  taste. 


H 


habeo,  -ere,  -ui,  -itus,  have,  hold; 
consider. 

habito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 
habeo],  dwell,  inhabit. 

Hades,  -ae,  m,,  Hades. 

haereo,  haerere,  haesi,  haesurus, 
stick;  hesitate. 

haesito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 
haereo],  hesitate. 

Hammon,  -onis,  m.,  Hammon. 

harena,  -ae,  f.,  sand;  shore. 

Harpyiae,  -arum,  f.  plur., 
Harpies. 

baud,  adv.,  not  at  all,  by  no 
means,  not. 

haudquaquam  [baud  +  quis- 
quam],  adv.,  in  no  wise,  not  at 
all. 

haurio,  haurire,  hausi,  haustus, 
draw. 

herba,  -ae,  f.,  herb,  plant. 

Hercules,  -is,  m.,  Hercules. 

Hesione,  -es,  f.,  Hesione. 

Hesperides,  -um,  f.  plur.,  the 
Hesperides. 

hesternus,  -a,  -um  [heri,  yester- 
day], of  yesterday,  yesterday's, 
hesternus  dies,  yesterday. 

hie  [hie],  adv.,  here;  hereupon. 

hie,  haec,  hoc,  dem.  pron.,  this; 
ille  . . .  hie,  that .  .  .  this,  the  for- 
mer . .  .the  latter. 


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hinc   [hie],  adv.,  jrom  this  place, 

hence. 
Hippolyte,  -6s,  f.,  Hippolyte. 
Hispania,  -ae,  f.,  Spain. 
Homerus,  -I,  m.,  Homer. 
homo,  hominis,  m.,  man. 
honor,  -6ris,  m.,  honor. 
hora,  -ae,  f.,  hour. 
horribilis,    -e    [horreS,    shudder], 

dreadful,  terrible,  horrible. 
hortor,    -an,    -atus,    exhort,    en- 
courage, urge. 
hortus,  -i,  m.,  garden. 
hospitium,  -i  [hospes,  host],   n., 

hospitality. 
hostis,  -is,  m.  and  f.,  enemy,  joe. 
hue    [hie],    adv.,    to    this    place, 

hither. 
hiimanus,   -a,  -um    [homd],    of 

man,  human. 
humi   [loc.    of   humus,   ground], 

adv.,  on  the  ground. 
Hydra,  -ae,  f.,  Hydra. 
Hylas,  -ae,  m.,  Hylas. 


iaced,  -6re,  -ui,  lie,  he  prostrate. 
iaci6,  iacere,  i6ci,  iactus,  throw, 

cast,  hurl. 
iam,  adv.,  now,  already. 
ianua,  -ae,  f.,  door. 
lason,  -onis,  m.,  Jason. 
ibi  [is],  adv.,  in  that  place,  there. 
ietus,  -us  [ie6,  strike],  m.,  blow. 
idem,    eadem,    idem    [is],    dem. 

pron.,  the  same;  sometimes  to 

be  translated  likewise,  also. 
idSneus,   -a,    -um,    suitable,    fit; 

favorable. 
igitur,  conj.,  therefore. 
ignarus,    -a,    -um    [in-,    not  + 

gnarus,  knowing],  ignorant. 
Ignavus,    -a,    -um    [in-,    not  + 

gnavus,  active],  lazy,  cowardly. 
Ignis,  -is,  m.,  fire. 


ignoro,     -are,     -avi,     -atus,     be 

ignorant  of. 
ignotus,    -a,    -um    [in-,    not  + 

notus],  unknown. 
ilias,  -adis,  f.,  the  Riad. 
ille,  ilia,  illud,  dem.  pron.,  that; 

he,  she,  it,  they;  ille  . .  .  hie,  see 

hie. 
imber,  imbris,  m.,  rain,  shower. 
imbuo,  -buere,  -bui,  -butus,  wet, 

soak,  dip. 
immanitas,  -tatis  [immanis,  cruel], 

{.,  cruelty,  barbarity. 
immitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus, 

send  or  let  in. 
immolo,       -molare,         -molavi, 

-molatus  [in  +  mola],  sacrifice 

(the  victim  was  sprinkled  with 

consecrated  meal). 
impediS,  -pedire,  -pedivi,  -peditus 

[in  +  pes],  hinder,  prevent,  im- 
pede. 
impello,   -pellere,   -puli,   -pulsus 

[in  +  pello],  drive  or  urge  on, 

incite,  urge. 
imperator,    -6ris    [imperS],    m., 

commander,  general. 
imperatum,  -i  [part,  of  imperd], 

n.,  command,  order. 
imperitus,  -a,  -um  [in-,  not  +  peri- 

tus],    inexperienced,   unskilled, 

ignorant. 
imperium,  -i  [imper6],  n.,  com- 
mand; sway,  rule. 
imper6,         -perare,         -peravl, 

-peratus,      command,       order, 

enjoin. 
impetrd,        -petrare,       -petrfti^, 

-petratus,  gai7i  one's  end,  obtain 

(a  request), 
impetus,    -us    [in  -{-  petS],     m., 

attack;     impetum     faeere,     to 

charge. 
imp6nb,  -pdnere,  -posul.  -positus 

[in  +  p6nd],  place  or  lay  upon, 

impose;  embark. 


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improbus,    -a,    -um    [in-,    not  + 

pro  bus,  upright],  wicked. 
in,  prep,  with  ace,   into,   in,  to, 

upon;  with  abl.,  m,  on. 
incido,  -cidere,  -cidi  [in  +  cado], 

fall  into  or  upon. 
include,  -cludere,  -clusi,   -clusus 

[in  +  claudo,  shut],  shut  up  in, 

inclose,  imprison. 
incola,  -ae  [incolo],   m.  and    f., 

inhabitant. 
in-col6,  -colere,  -colui,  inhabit. 
incolumis,  -e,  unhurt,  safe. 
in-commodum,  -i,    n.,   inconveiv- 

ience. 
in-credibilis,  e,  incredible. 
in-duco,  -ducere,   duxi,   -ductus, 

lead  in  or  on,  move,  excite. 
induo,    induere,    indui,    indutus, 

put  on;  clothe. 
in-eo,  -ire,  -il,  -itus,  go  into,  enter; 

adopt. 
infandus,  -a,  -um  [in-,  not  +  ger. 

of    for,    speak],     unspeakable, 

monstrous. 
infans,  -fantis  [in-,  not  4-  part,  of 

for,  speak],  m.  and  f.,  infant, 

babe. 
infectus,  -a,  -um  [in-,  not  +  part. 

of    facio],    not    done,    undone, 

unaccomplished. 
in-felix,   -felicis,    adj.,  unhappy, 

unfortunate. 
inferi,  -orum  [inferus,  below],  m. 

plur.,  inhabitants  of  the  under- 
world, the  dead,  the  shades. 
in-fero,    inferre,    intuli,    inlatus, 

bring     in     or     against,     wage 

against;  inflict, 
infestus,  -a,  -um,  unsafe,  danger- 
ous. 
inficid,  -ficere,  -feci,  -fectus  [in 

+  facio],  stain,  dye. 
in-fundo,  -fundere,  -fudi,  -fusus, 

pour  in  or  upon. 
ing^ns,  -gentis,  adj.,  huge,  vast. 


inicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [in  + 

iacio],  throw  in  or  upon;  cause, 

inspire. 
inimicus,    -a,    -um    [in-,    not  + 

amicus],  unfriendly,  hostile. 
initium,  -i  [ineo],  n.,  beginning. 
iniuria,  -ae    [in-,   not  +  ius],  f., 

injury,  wrong,  hurt,  harm. 
inluvies,  -ei,  f.,  dirt,  filth. 
inquam,  inquis,  in  quit,  defective 

verb,  /  say,  you  say,  he  says. 
in-rideo,     -ridere,     -risi,     -risus, 

laugh  at,  mock. 
in-rumpo,        -rumpere,       -rupi, 

-ruptus,  burst  into  or  in. 
in-ru6,  -ruere,  -rui,  rush  in. 
insania,   -ae   [insanus,   mad],   f., 

madness,  insanity. 
insciens,    -scientis    [in-,    not  + 

part,  of  scio],  adj.,  unknowing, 

unaware. 
in-sequor,   -sequi,   -secutus,   fol- 
low upon  or  up,  pursue. 
insidiae,  -arum,  f.  plur.,  ambush; 

plot,  stratagem. 
inspergo,       -spergere,       -spersi, 

-spersus  [in  -f  spargo],   sprin- 
kle on  or  over. 
inspicio,  -spicere,  -spexi,  -spectus 

[in  +  specie],  look  into  or  upon. 
instituo,  -stituere,  -stitui,  -stitiitus 

[in  +  statuo],      decide      upon, 

determine. 
in-struo,         -struere,         -struxi, 

-structus,    build    in     or    into; 

draw  up;  equip,  furnish. 
insula,  -ae,  f.,  island. 
intellego,   -legere,   -lexi,   -Iectus, 

perceive,  understand. 
in-tendo,  -tendere,  -tendi,  -tentus, 

stretch  out;  stretch,  draw,  aim. 
inter,    prep,    with    ace,    among, 

between. 
interea  [inter],  adv.,  in  the  mean^ 

time,  meanwhile. 
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[inter  -j-  facio],  put  out  of  the 

way,  kill. 
interior,  -ius  [comp.  from  inter], 

adj.,  interior,  inner. 
inter-mitto,       -mittere,       -misi, 

-missus,    leave    off,    interrupt; 

let  pass;  pass.,  be  left  between, 

inten)ene,  elapse. 
inter-sum,   -esse,   -fui,   -futurus,. 

be  or  lie  between. 
intervallum,  -i,  n.,  interval,  space, 

distance. 
intra     [inter],    prep,    with    ace, 

within. 
intro,    -are,    -avi,    -atus    [intra], 

go  within  or  into,  enter. 
introitus,  -us  [introeo,  go  within], 

m.,  entrance. 
in-tueor,  -tueri,  -tuitus,  look  upon, 

behold. 
in-usitatus,    -a,    -um,    unusual, 

extraordinary. 
in-utilis,  -e,  not  useful,  useless. 
in-venio,  -venire,  -veni,  -ventus, 

come  upon,  find. 
invito,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  invite. 
invitus,  -a,  -um,  unwilling. 
lolaus,  -i,  m.,  lolxius. 
lole, -es,  f,,  lole. 
lovis,  gen.  of  luppiter. 
iphicles,  -is,  m.,  Iphicles. 
ipse,  ipsa,  ipsum,  intensive  pron., 

self,     himself,     herself,     itself, 

themselves;  often  to  be  render- 
ed by  very. 
ira,  -ae,  f.,  anger,  wrath. 
irascor,    irasci,    iratus    [ira],    be 

angry. 
iratus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  irascor], 

angered,  enraged,  arigry.  furious. 
is,  ea,  id,  dem.  pron.,  this,  that; 

he,  she,  it,  they. 
iste,  ista,  istud,  dem.  pron.,  that 

of  yours,  that. 
ita  [is],  adv.,  in  this  manner,  thus, 

so;  ita  ut,  as. 


Italia,  -ae,  f.,  Italy. 

ita-que,  adv.,  and  so,  accordingly, 
therefore. 

iter,  itineris  [eo],  n.,  a  going, 
journey,  march;  iter  facere,  to 
journey,  march. 

iterum,  adv.,  again,  a  second  time. 

Ithaca,  -ae,  f.,  Ithaca. 

iubeo,  iubere,  iussT,  iussus,  bid, 
order,  command. 

iucundus,  -a,  -um,  sweet,  pleas- 
ant. 

iudex,  iudicis  [ius  +  dico],  m., 
judge. 

iugum,  -i  [iungd],  n.,  yoke. 

iungo,  iungere,  iunxi,  iunctus, 
join;  yoke,  harness. 

luno,  -onis,  f.,  Juno. 

luppiter,  lovis,  m.,  Jupiter  or 
Jove. 

ius,  iuris,  n.,  right,  justice,  law; 
ius  dicere,  to  pronounce  judg- 
ment; ius  iurandum,  iuris 
iurandi  [ger.  of  iuro,  swear], 
oath. 

iussum,  -i  [part,  of  iubefi],  n., 
order,  command. 

iussus,  -us  [iubeo],  m.,  bidding, 
command. 

iustus,  -a,  -um  [ius],  just. 

iuvenis,  -is,  m.,  young  man,  youth. 


labor,  labi,  lapsus,  slip,  glide,  fall. 
labor,  -6ris,  m.,  labor,  foil. 
labSrd,    -are,  -avi,  -atus  [labor], 

labor,  toil. 
lac,  lactis,  n.,  milk. 
Lacdnia,  -ae,  f.,  Laconia. 
lacrima,  -ae,  f.,  tear. 
lacus, -us,  m.,  lake. 
laetitia,   -ae   [laetus,   joyful],   f., 

lamenta,  -drum,  n.  plur.,  lamen- 
tation. 


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Laomedon,  -ontis,  m.,  Laomedon. 

lapis,  -idis,  m.,  stone. 

laqueus,  -i,  m.,  noose. 

Larisa,  -ae,  f  ,  Larisa. 

lassitude,  -inis  [lassus,  weary],  f., 

weariness. 
lateo,  -ere,  -ui,  lie  hid,  he  con- 
cealed. 
latro,  -onis,  m.,  robber. 
latus,  -a,  -um,  broad,  wide. 
legatus,  -i  [part,  of  lego,  depuie], 

m.,  ambassador, 
lenis,  -e,  gentle. 
leo,  -onis,  in.,  lion 
Lernaeus,    -a,    -um,    of    Lema, 

Lernean. 
Lethe,  -es,  f .,  Lethe. 
levis,  -e,  light,  slight. 
leviter  [levis],  adv.,  slightly. 
libenter    [libens,    willing],    adv., 

willingly,  gladly. 
liberi,  -orum  [liber,  free],  m.  plur., 

children. 
libero,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [liber,  free], 

set  free,  free,  liberate,  release. 
libertas,    -tatis    [liber,   free],    f., 

freedom,  liberty. 
Libya,  -ae,  f .,  Libya,  Africa. 
licet,  -ere,  -uit  or  -itum  est,  im- 

pers.,  is  lawful  or  permitted. 
Lichas,  -ae,  m.,  Lichas. 
ligneus,    -a,    -um    [lignum],    of 

wood,  wooden. 
lignum,  -i,  n. ,  wood. 
Ligures,  -um,  m,  plur.,  Ligurians. 
Liguria,  -ae  [Ligures],  f.,  Liguria. 
limen, -minis,  n.,  threshold;  door. 
limus,  -i,  m.,  mud. 
linter,  lintris,  f.,  boat,  skiff. 
Linus,  -i,  m.,  Linus. 
litus,  litoris,  n.,  shore. 
locus,  -i,  m.,  plur.  loca,  -drum, 

n.,  place,  situation. 
longe  [longus],  adv.,  far. 
longinquus,     -a,     -um     [longus], 

distant,  remot£. 


longus,  -a,  -um,  long;  tedious. 

loquor,  loqui,  locutus,  speak. 

lotus,  -i,  f.,  lotus. 

lucrum,  -i ,  n.,  gain. 

luctor,       -ari,      -atus,      wrestle, 

struggle. 
ludus,  -i,  m.,  game,  sport. 
lumen,  -minis,  n,,  light. 
lux,  lucis,  f.,  light. 


M 


magicus,  -a,  -um,  magic. 
magis,  comp.  adv.,  more,  rather. 
magister,  -tri  [magis],  m.,  master, 
magnifice      [magnificus],      adv., 

splendidly. 
magnificentia,    -ae    [magnificus], 

f.,  splendor,  magnificence. 
magnificus,  -a,  -um  [magnus  + 

facio],  splendid,  magnificent. 
magnitude,  -tiidinis  [magnus],  f., 

greatness,  size. 
magnopere     [abl.     of     magnum 

opus],  adv.,  greatly,  very  much, 

exceedingly;  earnestly. 
magnus,    -a,    -um,     large,     big, 

great,  mighty;  loud. 
maior,  mains,  comp.  of  magnus. 
male  [mains],  adv.,  badly,  ill. 
malo,     malle,    malui     [magis  + 

volo],  wish  rather,  prefer. 
malum,     -i     [mains],     n.,     evil, 

mischief. 
malus,  -a,  -um,  bad. 
mains,  -i,  m.,  mast. 
mando,  -dare,  -davi,  -datus  [ma- 

nus  -| — do,    put],  put  in  hand, 

intrust,    commit;   charge,    com- 
mand. 
mane,     adv.,    in    the    morning, 

early  in  the  morning. 
maneo,  manere,  mansi,  mansus, 

remain. 
manes,    -ium,    m.    plur.,    spirit, 

shade. 


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manus,  -us,  f.,  hand. 
mare,  maris,  n.,  sea. 
maritus,  -i,  m.,  husband. 
Mars,  Martis,  m.,  Mars. 
mater,  matris,  f.,  mother. 
matrimonium,     -i     [mater],     n., 

marriage;      in      matrimonium 

ducere,  marry. 
mature,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [maturus, 

ripe'],  ripen;  hasten. 
maxime    [maximus],    adv.,    very 

greatly,  exceedingly,  especially. 
maximus,    -a,    -um,    superl.    of 

magnus. 
Medea,  -ae,  f,,  Medea. 
medicamentum,  -i  [medic6,  heal], 

n.,  drug;  poison,  potion. 
mediclna,    -ae    [medicus,    physi- 
cian], f.,  art  of  healing,  medi- 
cine. 
medius,  -a,  -um,  mid,  middle. 
Medusa,  -ae,  f.,  Medusa. 
membrum,  -I,  n.,  limb,  member. 
memoria,  -ae  [memor,  remember- 
ing], f,,  memory. 
memor6,      -are,      -avi,      -atus 

[memor,  remembering],  remind 

of,  mention. 
mentio,  -onis,  f.,  mention. 
mercator,   -oris   [mercor,    trade], 

m.,  trader,  merchant. 
merc6s,  mercfidis,  f.,  pay,  reward, 

wages. 
Mercurius,  -I,  m.,  Mercury. 
mergd,  mergere,  mersl,  mersus, 

dip,  plunge,  sink. 
meridianus,   -a,   -um   [meridigs], 

midday,  TU)onday;  meridianum 

tempus,  midday,  noon. 
mcridiSs,  -6i  [medius  +  difis],  m., 

midday,  noon;  south. 
meritus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  mered], 

deserved,  d\ic,  just. 
meus,  -a,  -um  [ego,   mei],   my, 

mine. 
miles,  militis,  m.,  soldier. 


militaris,  -e  [miles],  military, 
warlike;  rSs  militaris,  art  of 
war,  warfare. 

mille,  indecl.  adj.,  'a  thousand; 
milia,  -ium,  n.  plur.,  thov^ 
sands;  milia  passuum,  thou- 
sajids  of  paces,  miles. 

minae,  -arum,  f.  plur.,  threats. 

Minerva,  -ae,  f.,  Minerva. 

minime  [minimus,  lea>st],  adv., 
least,  very  little;  by  no  means , 
not  at  all. 

minimum  [minimus,  least],  adv., 
very  little,  slightly. 

minitor,  -ari,  -atus  [minae], 
threaten. 

Minos,  Minois,  m.,  Minos. 

minus,  comp.  adv.,  less. 

Minyae,  -arum,  m.  plur.,  Minyae. 

miraculum,  -i  [miror],  n.,  wonder, 
marvel,  miracle. 

miror,  -ari,  -atus  [minis],  wonder, 
wonder  at. 

mirus,  -a,  -um,  wonderful,  strange. 

misceo,  miscere,  miscui,  mixtus, 
mix,  mingle. 

misericordia,  -ae  [misericors,  piti- 
ful], f.,  pity,  compassion. 

mitto,  mittere,  misi,  missus,  send. 

modo  [modus],  adv.,  only. 

modus,  -i,  ni.,  way,  manner. 

moenia,  -ium,  n,  plur.,  walls. 

mola,  -ae,  f.,  meal. 

molestia,  -ae  [molestus,  annoy- 
ing], i.,  annoyance. 

mone6,  -fire,  -ui,  -itus,  warn. 

mdns,  montis,  ni.,  mountain. 

m6nstr6,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [m6n- 
strum],  point  out,  show. 

mSnstrum,  -i,  n.,  wonder,  monster. 

mora,  -ae,  f.,  delay. 

mordeO,  mordfire,  momordl,  mor- 
sus,  bite. 

morior,  morl,  mortuus,  die. 

moror,  -ari,  -atus  [mora],  delay, 
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mors,  mortis  [morior],  f.,  death. 
mortalis,  -e  [mors],  mortal. 
mortifer,  -fera,  -ferum  [mors  + 

fero],  death-bringing,  deadly. 
mortuus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  morior], 

dead. 
mos,    moris,    m,,    way,    manner, 

habit,  custom. 
moved,    movere,    movi,    motus, 

move. 
mox,  adv.,  soon. 
mugid,  -ire,  -ivi,  low,  bellow. 
mugitus,  -us  [mugio],  m.,  lowing, 

bellowing. 
mulier,  mulieris,  f.,  woman. 
multitude,    -tudinis  [multus],  f., 

multitude. 
multo  [multus],  adv.,  by  much  or 

far,  much,  far. 
multum,  -i  [multus],  n.,  much. 
multum    [multus],    adv.,    much, 

greatly,  far. 
multus,    -a,    -um,    much,    great; 

plur.,  many. 
munio,  -ire,  -ivi,  -itus  [moenia], 

fortify. 
munus,  muneris,  n.,  service,  office, 

duty;  present,  gift. 
murus,  -i,  m.,  wall. 
musica,  -ae,  f.,  music. 
muto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 

moveo],  change. 
Mysia,  -ae,  f.,  Mysia. 

N 
nactus,  part,  of  nanciscor. 
nam,  conj.,  for. 
nam-que,  conj.,  for. 
nanciscor,   nancisci,  nactus,  get, 

obtain,  find. 
narro,    -are,    -avi,    -atus,     tell, 

relate,  narrate. 
nato,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.   of 

no,  swim],  swim,  float. 
natura,  -ae  [nascor,  be  born],  f., 

nature,  character. 


nauta,  -ae  [navis],  m.,  sailor. 

nauticus,  -a,  -um  [nauta],  naval, 
nautical. 

navigatio,  -onis  [navigo],  f.,  sail- 
ing, navigation,  voyage. 

navigo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [navis 
+  ago],  sail. 

navis,  -is,  f.,  ship. 

-ne,  enclitic  introducing  a  ques- 
tion, untranslatable. 

ne,  adv.,  not;  ne  .  .  .  quidem, 
not . .  .  even;  conj.,  that  not,  lest. 

nee,  see  neque. 

necesse,  indecl.  adj.,  necessary. 

need,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  put  to 
death,  slay,  kill. 

neglego,  -legere,  -lexi,  -lectus 
[nee  +  lego,  gather],  disregard, 
neglect. 

nego,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  say  no  or 
not,  deny,  refuse. 

negotium,  -i  [nee  +  otium,  lei- 
sure], n.,  business,  matter;  task, 
trouble,  difficulty. 

Nemeaeus,  -a,  -um,  of  Nemea, 
Nemean. 

nemo,  neminis  [ne-,  not  +  homo], 
m.  and  f .,  no  one,  nobody. 

nepos,  nepotis,  m.,  grandson. 

Neptunus,  -i,  m.,  Neptune. 

neque  or  nee  [ne-,  not  +  -que], 
conj.,  and  not,  nor;  neque 
.  .  .  neque,  neither  .  .  .  nor; 
neque  enim,  for  .  .  .  not. 

nervus,  -i,  m.,  sinew,  muscle. 

ne-scio,  -scire,  -seivi,  not  know, 
be  ignorant;  nescio  quis,  / 
know  not  who,  some  one  or 
other  (nescio  is  thus  used  with 
other  interrogative  words  also). 

Nessus,  -i,  m.,  Nessus. 

neu,  see  neve. 

neuter,  neutra,  neutrum  [ne-, 
not  +  uter],  neither. 

neve  or  neu  [ne  +  -ve,  or],  conj., 
and  that  not,  and  not,  nor. 


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niger,  nigra,  nigrum,  black. 

nihil,  n.,  indecl.,  nothing. 

nisi  [ne-,  not  +  si],  conj.,  if  not, 
unless. 

nix,  nivis,  f.,  snow. 

noctu  [nox],  adv.,  at  or  by  night. 

nocturnus,  -a,  -um  [nox],  of 
night,  nocturnal;  noctumum 
tampus,  night-time. 

nolo,  nolle,  nolui  [ne-,  not  + 
volo],  not  wish,  be  unwilling. 

nomen,  -minis  [nosco,  come  to 
kjiow],  n.,  name  (that  by  which 
one  is  known) . 

non,  adv.,  not. 

non-dum,  adv.,  not  yet. 

non-ne,  adv.,  introducing  a  ques- 
tion to  which  an  affirmative 
answer  is  expected,  not  ? 

non-nuUus,  -a,  -um,  not  none, 
some,  several. 

nos,  plur.  of  ego. 

noster,  -tra,  -trum  [nos],  onr. 

notus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  nosco, 
come  to  know],  known,  well- 
known,  famous. 

novem,  indecl.  adj.,  nine. 

novitas,  -tatis  [novus],  f.,  new- 
ness, novelty. 

novus,  -a,  -um,  neiv;  novissimus, 
last. 

nox,  noctis,  f.,  night. 

nubes,  -is,  f.,  cloiui. 

nudus,  -a,  -um,  naked,  bare. 

nuUus,  -a,  -um  [ne-,  not  +  ullus], 
not  any,  none,  no. 

num,  adv.,  introducing  a  question 
to  which  a  negative  answer  is 
expected,  untranslatable. 

numerus,  -I,  m.,  number. 

nummus,  -i,  m.,  coin. 

uumquam  [ne-,  no<  -\-  umquam, 
ever],  adv.,  never. 

nunc,  adv.,  now. 

xiQntid,  -are,  -ftvl,  -§ltus  [nuntius], 
report,  announce. 


nuntius,    -i    [novus],    m.,    mes' 

sengcr;  message. 
nuper  [novus],  adv.,  newly,  lately ^ 

recently. 
nusquam     [ne-,    not  +  usquam^ 

anywhere],  adv.,  nowhere. 
nympha,  -ae,  f.,  nymph. 


ob,  prep,  with  ace,  on  account  of, 

for;  in  compounds,  to,  against. 
obicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [ob  + 

iacio],  throw  in  the  way  or  to. 
ob-iurgo,       -iurgare,       -iurgavT, 

-iurgatus,  chide,  scold,  reproach. 
ob-lino,  -linere,  -levi,  -litus,  davh 

over,  smear. 
oblitus,   -a,   -um   [part,    of    ob- 

liviscor],  forgetful,  unmindful. 
obliviscor,  -liviscl,  -litus,  forget. 
obscuro,       -scurare,       -scurftvl, 

-scuratus    [obscurus],    darken, 

hide,  conceal. 
obscurus,  -a,  -um,  dark. 
obsecro,       -secrare,     .   -secrSvI, 

-secratus,  beseech,  eritreat. 
ob-sero,    -serere,    -s6vi,    -situs, 

sow,  plant;  cover,  fill. 
obsideo,  -sidSre,  -s6di,  -sessus  [ob 

+  sedeo],  6e.sc/,  besiege. 
ob-stru6,        -struere,        -struxi, 

-structus,  build    against,   block 

up. 
ob-testor,  -tsstiri,  -testdtus,  call 

to  ivitness;  beseech,  implore. 
obtined,    -tinCre,   -tinui,  -tentus 

[ob  +  tened],  hold. 
obviam  [ob  +  via],  adv.,  in  the 

way,    opjyosite,    face    to    face ; 

obviam  fieri,  to  meet;  obviam 

ire,  to  go  to  meet. 
occasid,   -6nis   [occidS,   falX\,    f., 

cha  ncc,  op  port  u  n  it  7. 
occftsus,   -us   [occidd,   fall],    m., 

setting. 


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occido,  -cidere,  -cidi,  -cisus  [ob  + 
caedo,  cut],  cut  down,  kill. 

occupo,  -cupare,  -cupavi, 
-cupatus    [ob  +  capio],    seize  ; 

fill 

occurro,  -currere,  -curri,  -cursus 
[ob  +  curro],  run  against,  meet. 

Oceanus,  -i,  m.,  Oceanus,  the 
ocean. 

oculus,  -i,  m.,  eye. 

odi,  odisse,  used  only  in  tenses  of 
completed  action  with  the 
force  of  tenses  of  incomplete 
action,  hate. 

odium,  -i  [odi],  n.,  hatred. 

odor,  -5ris,  m.,  smell,  odor. 

Oechalia,  -ae,  f.,  Oechalia. 

Oeneus,  -i,  m.,  Oeneus. 

Oeta,  -ae,  f.,  Oeta. 

offendo,  -fendere,  -fendi,  -fensus, 
offend. 

offero,  offerre,  obtuli,  oblatus 
[ob  +  fero],  hear  to,  proffer, 
offer. 

ofiicina,  -ae,  f.,  workshop,  smithy. 

ofiicium,  -i,  n.,  service;  duty. 

olim,  adv.,  once  upon  a  time, 
once,  formerly,  of  old. 

Olympus,  -i,  m.,  Olympus. 

omitto,  -mittere,  -misi,  -missus 
[ob  +  mitto],  let  go,  neglect,  dis- 
regard, throw  away,  lose. 

omnino  [omnis],  adv.,  altogether, 
wholly,  entirely. 

omnis,  -e,  all,  every. 

onero,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [onus, 
load],  load,  burden. 

opera,  -ae  [opus],  f.,  effort,  work, 
labor. 

opinio,  -onis  [opinor,  think],  f., 
opinion,  expectation;  reputa- 
tion. 

oppidum,  -i,  n.,  town. 

opportunus,  -a,  -um,  suitable, 
seasonable,  convenient,  oppor- 
tune. 


opprimo,        -pnmere,        -pressi, 

-pressus    [ob  +  premo],    press 

against,  overpower,  crush. 
optimus,    -a,    -um,    superl.     of 

bonus, 
opus,  operis,  n.,  work,  task. 
oraculum,  -i  [oro],  n.,  oracle. 
oratio,    -onis    [oro],     f.,     speech; 

orationem  habere,  to  deliver  an 

oration,  speak. 
orbis,  -is,  m.,  circle;  orbis  terrae 

or  terrarum,  circle  of  the  earth 

or  lands,  earth,  world. 
Orcus,  -i,  m.,  Orcus,  under-world. 
ordo,    ordinis,    m.,    arrangement, 

order,  rank;  ex  ordine,  in  order. 
orior,  -iri,  -tus,  arise,  come  forth, 

spring  up;  orta  luce,  at  dawn. 
orno,    -are,    -avi,    -atus,    equip, 

adorn. 
oro,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [6s],  speak; 

beg,  pray. 
Orpheus,  -i,  m.,  Orpheus. 
OS,  oris,  n.,  mouth. 
ostendo,  -tendere,  -tendi,  -tentus 

[ob  +  tendo],  stretch  out  before, 

show,  explain. 
ostium,  -i  [6s],  n.,  mouth,  door- 
way, door. 
ovis,  -is,  f .,  sheep. 


pabulum,  -i  [pasc6],  n.,  food, 
fodder. 

paene,  adv.,  almost,  nearly. 

palaestra,  -ae,  f.,  wrestling-place, 
gymnasium. 

palus, -i,  m.,  stake. 

palus,   -udis,    f.,   swamp,  marsh. 

para  tus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  paro], 
prepared,  equipped,  ready. 

pare6,  -ere,  -ui,  obey. 

paro,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  make 
ready,  prepare. 

pars,  partis,  f.,  part,  side,  di- 
rection. 


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parvus,  -a,  -um,  little,  small. 
pasco,     pascere,     pavi,     pastus, 

feed. 
passus,  -us  [pando,  stretch],  m., 

pace;  milia  passuum,  see  mille. 
pastor, -toris  [pasco],  n\.,  shepherd. 
patefacio,  -facere,  -feci,  -factus 

[pateo,  be  open  -f  facio],  throw 

or  lay  open,  open. 
pater,  patris,  m.,  father. 
patior,  pati,  passus,  bear,  suffer, 

allow. 
patria,  -ae  [pater],  f.,  fatherland, 

country. 
pauci,  -ae,  -a,  plur.  adj.,  few. 
paulo  [paulus,  little],  adv.,  by  a 

little,  a  little,  somewhat. 
paulum  [paulus,   little],   adv.,   a 

little,  somewhat. 
pavor,  -oris  [paveo,  be  terrified], 

m.,  terror,  panic. 
pectus,  pectoris,  n.,  breast. 
pecunia,  -ae   [pecus],   f.,   money 

(the  possession  of  cattle  con- 
stituting wealth  in  early  times) . 
pecus,    pecoris,    n.,    herd,   flock, 

cattle. 
pecus,  pecudis,  f.,  head  of  cattle, 

beast,  sheep,  goat. 
Pelias,  -as.  m.,  Pelias. 
pellis,  -is,  f.,  hide,  skin,  pelt. 
pelld,     pellere,     pepuli,     pulsus, 

drive,  drive  away,  beat,  rout. 
pendd,  pendere,  pependi,  pgnsus, 

weigh  out,  pay. 
Penelope,  -es,  f.,  Penelope. 
per,  prep,  with  ace,  through,  by 

means  of. 
percipi6,    -cipere,  -cepi,   -ceptus 

[per  -f  capi6],  feel. 
percutiO,  -cutere,  -cussi,  -cussus 

[per  -f-  quati6],    strike  through, 

strike. 
per-dacO,  -ducere,  -dflxl,  -ductus, 

lead    or    bring    through,    lead, 

bring. 


peregrinus,  -i,  m.,  stranger,  for- 
eigner. 

perennis,  -e  [per  +  annus],  last- 
ing throughout  the  year,  peren- 
nial, perpetual. 

per-eo,  -ire,  -ii,  -iturus,  pass 
away,  perish. 

per-fer6,  -ferre,  -tuli,  -latus,  bear 
through,  bear,  endure;  weather. 

perficio,  -ficere,  -feci,  -fectus 
[per  4-  facio],  do  or  m^ke 
through,  accomplish. 

per-flo,  -flare,  bloiv  through  or  over. 

per-fodio,  -fodere,  -fodi,  -fossus, 
dig  or  pierce  through,  transfix. 

periculum,  -i,  n.,  danger,  peril, 
risk. 

per-lustr6,  -liistrare,  -lustrftvi, 
-lustratus,  look  over,  examine, 
survey. 

per-maneo,  -manere,  -mansi, 
-mansus,  remain. 

perpetuus,  -a,  -um  [per  -f  pet6], 
continuous,  perpetual;  in  per- 
petuum,  for  all  time,  forever. 

per-rump6,  -rumpere,  -nipi, 
-ruptus,  break  or  hurst  through, 
break. 

per-scrib6,  -scribere,  -scrips, 
scriptus,  write  through  or  in 
full,  describe  fully,  recount. 

per-sequor,  -sequi,  -secutus,  fol- 
low up,  pursue. 

Perseus,  -I,  in.,  Perseus. 

per-solv6,  -solvere,  -solvl, 
-solutus,  pay  completely,  paif. 

per-suaded,  -  suadere,  -  suasi, 
-suasus,  persuade,  prevail  upon, 
induce. 

per-terre6,  -terrCre,  -temil, 
-territus,  tJwroughly  frighten, 
terrify. 

per-turb6,  -turbare,  -turbavl, 
-turbatus,  greatly  disturb,  dis- 
turb, agitate,  throw  into  con- 
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per-venio,  -venire,  -veni,  -ventus, 

come     through,     come,     arrive, 

reach. 
pes,  pedis,  m.,  foot. 
peto,  -ere,  -ivi  or  -ii,  -itus,  seek, 

ask;  attack. 
Phasis,  -idis,  m.,  Phasis. 
Phineus,  -i,  m.,  Phineus. 
Pholus,  -i,  m.,  Pholus. 
Phrixus,  -i,  m.,  Phrixus. 
pinguis,  -e,  fat. 
piscator,  -toris  [piscor,  fish],  m., 

fisherman. 
plausus,  -us  [plaudo,  clap],   m., 

applause. 
plures,  -a  [comp.  of  multus],  plur. 

adj.,  more,  many,  several. 
plurimus,    -a,    -um,    superl.    of 

multus. 
Pluto,  -onis,  m.,  Pluto. 
poculum,  -i  [poto,  drink'],  n.,  cup. 
poena,  -ae,   f.,   penalty,   punish- 

ment. 
poeta,  -ae,  ni.,  poet. 
poUiceor,  -licerT,  -licitus,  promise. 
Polydectes,  -is,  m.,  Polydectes. 
Polyphemus,  -i,  m.,  Polyphemus. 
pomum,  -i,  n.,  fruit,  apple. 
pondus,     ponderis     [pendo],     n., 

weight. 
pono,     ponere,     posui,     positus, 

place,    pid ;    poni  with  in  and 

abl.,   to  he  placed  in,   rest   or 

depend  on. 
pons,  pontis,  m.,  bridge. 
porcus,  -i,  m,,  pig,  hog,  swine. 
porta,  -ae,  f.,  gate;  door. 
portus,   -us,    m.,    harbor,    haven, 

port. 
posco,     poscere,     poposci,     ask, 

demand. 
possideo,  -sidere,  -sedi,  -sessus, 

hold,  possess. 
possum,  posse,  potui  [potis,  able 

+  sum],   be  able,  have  power, 

can. 


post,  adv.,  after,  later;  prep,  with 

ace,  after,  behind. 
postea    [post],    adv.,    after    this, 

afterioards. 
posterus,  -a,  -um  [post],  following, 

next. 
post-quam,     conj.,     later     than, 

after,  when. 
postremus,   -a,   -um    [superl.    of 

posterus],  last. 
postridie  [posterus  +  dies],  adv., 

the  day  after,  the  next  day. 
postulo,    -are,    -avi,    -atus,    ask, 

request,  demand. 
potior,  -iri,  -itus  [potis,  able],  he- 
come  master  of,  get  possession  of. 
prae-acutus,   -a,   -um,    sharp   at 

the  end,  pointed,  sharp. 
praebeo,    -ere,    -ui,   -itus   [prae, 

before  +  habeo],     hold     forth, 

supply,    furnish,    give;    show, 

present,  exhibit. 
prae-caveo,        -cavere,       -cavi, 

-cautus,      beware      beforehand, 

beware,  be  on  one's  guard. 
praecipio,  -cipere,  -cepi,  -ceptus 

[prae,     before  4;    capio],     take 

beforehand,   anticipate  ;     order j 

charge. 
praecipue  [praecipuus,  especial], 

adv.,  especially, 
prae-clarus,  -clara,  -clarum,  very 

bright;     splendid,     remarkable, 

famous. 
praeda,     -ae,     f.,     booty,     spoil, 

plunder. 
prae-dico,  -dicere,  -dixi,  -dictus, 

say  beforehand,  foretell,  predict. 
praedor,     -ari,     -atus     [praeda], 

plunder. 
praemium,  -i,  n.,  reward. 
praesens,  -sentis  [part,   of  prae- 

sum],  adj.,  present,  immediate, 

imminent. 
praesentia,  -ae  [praesens],  f.,  the 

present. 


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praeses,  praesidis,  m.,  protector. 
praesidium,  -i  [praeses],  n.,  pro- 
tection; guard,  escort. 
praestans,  -stantis  [part,  of  prae- 

sto],  adj.,  'preeminent,  remark- 
able. 
prae-std,    -stare,    -stiti,    -stitus, 

stand  in  front;  show. 
prae-sum,  -esse,  -fuT,  be  before, 

preside    over,    have    charge    of, 

command. 
praeter  [prae,  before],  prep,  with 

ace,   before,   past,  by;  besides, 

except. 
praeterea  [praeter],  adv.,  besides 

this,  besides,  moreover. 
praeter-eo,  -ire,  -ii,   -itus,    pass 

by. 
preces,     -um,    f.    plur.,    prayer, 

entreaty. 
prehendo,       -hendere,       -hendi, 

-hensus,  seize. 
premo,  premere,  pressi,  pressus, 

press,  check,  restrain. 
pretium,  -i,  n.,  price,  charge. 
primo  [primus],  adv.,  at  first. 
primum  [primus],  adv.,  first,  in 

the  first  place. 
primus,   -a,   -um    [superl.    from 

pro],  first,  foremost. 
pristinus,  -a,  -um  [prius],  former. 
prius  [prior,  former],  adv.,  before, 

first. 
prius-quam,    coni.,    before   than, 

sooner  than,  before. 
pr6,  prep. with  abl.,  before,  in  front 

of;  for,  in  behalf  of;  for,  as;  in 

return  for,  for. 
procul,  adv.,  at  or  from  a  distance, 

far. 
proelium,  -I,   n.,   battle,   combat; 

proelium   committere,   to  join 

haltlc. 
profectid,  -ftnis   [proficlscor],   f., 

departure,  start. 
proficiscor,  -ficisci,  -fectus  [pr6- 


ficio,  inake  progress],  set  out, 
depart,  start,  march. 

progredior,  -gredi,  -gressus  [pr6 
-f  gradior],  go  forward,  ad- 
vance. 

prohibeo,  -hibere,  -hibui,  -hibitus 
[pro  +  habeo],  hold  back,  pre- 
vent, hinder. 

proicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [pr6 
+  iacio],  throw  forth  or  down, 
cast  away,  throw. 

pro-mitto,  -mittere,  -misi, 
-missus,  send  or  put  forth, 
promise. 

promo,  promere,  prompsi, 
promptus  [pro  +  emo],  take  or 
bring  oid,  produce. 

promunturium,  -i,  n.,  headland, 
promontory. 

propero,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  hasten 

pr6-p6n6,  -ponere,  -posui, 
-positus,  put  or  set  before, 
offer,  propose;  set  forth,  say 

propter,  prep,  with  ace,  on 
account  of,  because  of. 

prora,  -ae,  f.,  prow,  bow. 

pro-sequor,  -sequi,  -secutus,  fol- 
low forward,  follow. 

Prdserpina,  -ae,  f.,  Proserpiruif 
Proserpine. 

pr6-stem6,  -stemere,  -strftvi, 
-stratus,  strew  or  spread  before, 
throw  or  knock  down. 

pr6-sum,  prddesse,  prdfui,  be  of 
advantage,  profit,  avail,  assist. 

pr6-veh6,  -venere,  -vexi,  -vectus, 
carry  forward. 

pr6-voc6,  -vocare,  -vocavl, 
-vocatus,  call  forth  or  otU, 
challenge. 

proximus,  -a,  -um  [superl.  from 
prope,  near],  nearest,  next. 

prOdentia,  -ae  [prudens,  pru- 
dent], {.,  prudence. 

puella,  -ae  [puer],  f.,  girl,  maiden. 

puer,    puerl,  m.,  boy. 


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pueritia,  -ae  [puer],  f.,  boyhood. 
pugna,    -ae,    f.,    fighting,    battle, 

combat. 
pugno,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [pugna], 

fight. 
pulcher,  pulchra,  pulchnim,  beau- 
tiful. 
pulso,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 

pello],   push  or  strike  against, 

knock,  knock  at. 
punctum,   -i   [pungo,   prick],   n., 

point,  instant,  moment. 
purgo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [purus, 

clean  +  ago],  make  clean,  clean, 

cleanse. 
puto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  think. 
Pythia,  -ae,  f.,  Pythia. 


qua  [qui],  adv.,  in  which  place, 

where. 
quaero,  quaerere,  quaesivi,  quae- 

situs,  seek;  ask,  inquire. 
qualis,  -e,  of  what  sort?  what  kind 

off 
quam  [quis  and  qui],  adv.,  how? 

as;  than;  with  superl.,  as  .  .  . 

as  possible. 
quam- quam,  conj.,  however  much, 

although. 
quantum    [quantus],    adv.,    hoiv 

much?  how? 
quantus,  -a,  -um,  how  great  or 

much? 
quartus,     -a,     -um     [quattuor], 

fourth. 
quasi  [qui  +  si],  conj.,  as  if. 
quattuor,  indecl.  adj.,  four. 
-que,  enclitic  conj.,  and. 
qui,  quae,  quod,  rel.  pron.,  who, 

which. 
qui,  quae,  quod,  interrog.  pron. 

adj.,  what? 
quidam,      quaedam,      quoddam, 

indef .  pron.,  a  certain,  certain. 


quidem,  adv.,  in  fact,  indeed, 
certainly;  ne  .  .  .  quidem,  not 
.  .  .  even. 

quies,  quietis,  f.,  rest,  repose. 

quin,  conj.,  so  that  .  .  .  not, 
but  that,  but. 

quinquaginta  [quinque,  five],  in- 
decl. adj.,  fifty. 

quintus,  -a,  -um  [quinque,  five], 
fifth. 

quis,  quid,  interrog.  pron.,  who? 
wfiich?  what? 

quis,  qua,  quid,  indef.  pron., 
any  one,  anybody,  anything, 
some  one,  somebody,  some- 
thing. 

quis-nam,  quaenam,  quidnam, 
interrog.  pron.,  who,  which, 
or  what,  pray?  who?  which? 
what  ? 

quis-quam,  quicquam,  indef. 
pron.,  any  one,  anything. 

quis- que,  quae  que,  quidque, 
indef.  pron.,  each. 

quo  [quis  and  qui],  adv.,  to  what 
place?  whither?  to  which  place, 
whither;  for  which  reason, 
wherefore,  therefore;  quo  usque, 
till  wfien?  how  long? 

quod  [qui],  conj.,  that,  in  that, 
because. 

quoniam  [cum  +  iam],  conj., 
since  now,  since. 

quoque  [qui   +  -que],  adv.,  also. 

quotannis  [quot,  how  many  + 
annus],  adv.,  every  year,  yearly, 
annually. 

quotiens  [quot,  how  many],  adv., 
as  often  as. 

R 

ramus,  -i,  m.,  branch,  bough. 
rapio,  -ere,  -ui,  -tus,  seize,  snatch. 
ratio,  -onis  [reor,  think],  f.,  plan, 

means,  method,  manner. 
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[re-  +  capio],  take  or  get  back, 

recover;   se   recipere,  to  betake 

oneself,  withdraw;  to  collect  one- 
self, recover. 
re-creo,  -creare,  -creavi,  -creatus, 

make  anew,  renexo,  refresh. 
rectus,   -a,  -um   [part,    of  rego, 

direct],  direct,  straight. 
re-cumbo,  -cumbere,  -cubui,  lie 

back  or  down. 
recupero,   -are,   -avi,    -atus,    re- 
cover. 
recuso,         -cusare,  -cusavi, 

-cusatus  [re-  +  causa],  give  a 

reason  against,  refuse. 
reddo,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus  [re-  + 

do],   give  back,  return,  restore; 

render. 
redeo,  -ire,  -ii,  -itus  [re-  +  eo], 

go  back,  return. 
redintegro,  -integrare,  -integravi, 

-integratus       [re-   +    integro, 

make  whole],  make  whole  again, 

renew. 
reditus,  -us  [reded],  m.,  return. 
re-duc6,  -ducere,  -duxi,  -ductus, 

lead  or  bring  back;  restore. 
re-fero,    referre,  rettuli,    relatus, 

bring    or   carry    back,    return ; 

pedem    referre,  to    draw  back, 

retire,  retreat;  gratiam  referre, 

see  gratia, 
reficio,  -ficere,  -f6ci,  -fectus  [re- 

+  faciO],    make   anew,    renew, 

repair. 
re-fugi6,  -fugere,  -fugl,  fiee  hack, 

run  away,  retreat. 
re-fulged,    -fulgfire,    -fulsi,    flash 

back,  shine. 
rfigia,    -ae     [rfigius,     rorjal],     f., 

palace. 
rCgina,  -ae  [r6x],  f.,  queen. 
regi6,    -6nis    [reg6,    direct],    i., 

direction;  country,  region. 
regno,  -are,  -avI,  -atus  [rCgnum], 

reign,  rule. 


regnum,  -i  [rex],  n.,  royal  power, 

rule,  throne;  kingdom,  realm. 
regredior,  -gredi,  -gressus  [re-  -f 

gradior],  go  back,  return. 
re-linqu6,  -linquere,  -liqui,  -lictus, 

leave  behind,  leave. 
reliquus,  -a,  -um  [relinqud],  left, 

the  remaining,  the  other,  the  rest 

of. 
remedium,  -i  [re-  -f  medeor,  heal], 

n.,  remedy. 
remigo,  -are  [remex,  rower],  row. 
re-moveo,        -movere,       -mdvl, 

-motus,  move  back,  remove. 
rgmus,  -i,  m.,  oar. 
re-nuntio,    -nuntiare,    -nuntiavi, 

-nuntiatus,    bring    back    word, 

report,  announce. 
re-pell6,    repellere,    reppuli,   re- 

pulsus,    drive    back    or    away, 

repulse,  repel. 
reperio,  reperire,  repperi,  reper- 

tus,  find,  discover 
repertor,  -oris  [reperiO],  m.,  dis- 
coverer, inventor. 
re-pleo,    -plfere,    -pl6vi,    -pletus, 

fill  again  or  up,  fill. 
re-p6n6,         -p6nere,         -posul, 

-positus,  put  or  set  back;   store 

up  or  away. 
re-port6,       -portare,       -portavl, 

-portatus,  carry  or  bring  Ixtck, 
re-pugnd,     -pugnare,    -pugnavl, 

-pugnatus,  fight  against,  strug- 
gle, resist. 
r6s,  rei,  f.,  thing,  matter,  affair, 

circumstance,  situatio7i;  rfi  v6ra, 

in  truth,  in  fact,  really. 
re-sist6,  -sistere,  -stitt,  stand  back, 

resist. 
re-spir6,        -spirare,       -splravl, 

-spiratus,  breathe  back  or  out, 

breathe. 
re-sponde6,    -spondCre,    -spondi, 

-spdnsus,  rrpljf,  answer. 
respOnsuxxii  -I  [part,   of  respon- 


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deo],    n.,     reply y    answer,     re- 
sponse. 
restituo,  -stituere,  -stitui,  -stitutus 

[re-  +  statuo],  set  up  again,  put 

back,  restore. 
retineo,    -tinere,    -tinui,    -tentus 

[re-  -|-  teneo],     hold     or     keep 

back,  keep,  restrain;  hold  fast. 
reverter,    -verti,     -versus,    perf. 

act.   -verti  [re-  +  verto],  turn 

back,  return. 
rex,  regis  [rego,  direct],  m.,  king. 
Rhadamanthus,   -i,   m.,    Rhada- 

manthus. 
rideo,  ridere,  risi,  risus,  laugh. 
ripa,  -ae,  f.,  bank. 
rite  [ritus,  ritel,  adv.,  duly,  fitly. 
robur,  roboris,  n.,  oak. 
rogo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  ask. 
rogus,  -i,  m.,  funeral  pile,  pyre. 
Roma,  -ae,  f.,  Rome. 
rostrum,  -I  [rodo,  gnaw],  n.,  beak. 
ruo,  -ere,  -i,  -iturus,  rush. 
rupes,  -is,  f.,  rock,  cliff;  reef. 
rursus    [for    reversus,    part,    of 

reverter],  adv.,  again. 

S 

saccus,  -i,  m.,  bag,  sack. 

sacerdos,  -dotis  [sacer,  holy  + 
do],  m.  and  f.,  priest,  priestess. 

sacrificium,  -i  [sacrifico],  n.,  sac- 
rifice. 

sacrifico,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [sacer, 
holy  +  facio],  sacrifice. 

saepe,  adv.,  often,  frequently. 

saevus,  -a,  -um,  jfierce,  savage. 

sagitta,  -ae,  f .,  arrow. 

sal,  salis,  m.,  salt. 

Salmydessus,  -i,  m.,  Salmydessus. 

salsus,  -a,  -um  [sal],  salted,  salt. 

salus,  salutis  [salvus,  safe],  f., 
safety,  deliverance,  escape. 

sanctus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  sancio, 
make  sacred],  consecrated,  sa- 
cred. 


sanguis,  sanguinis,  m.,  blood. 
sanitas,  -tatis  [sanus,  sound],  f., 

soundness;  right  reason,  sanity. 
satis,  adv.,  enough,  sufficiently. 
saxum,  -i,  n.,  rock,  stone. 
scapha,  -ae,  f .,  boat,  skiff. 
scelus,    sceleris,    n.,    wickedness, 

crime. 
scientia,  -ae  [scio],  f.,  knowledge, 

skill. 
scio,  -ire,  -ivi,  -itus,  know. 
scribo,  scribere,  scripsi,  scriptus, 

vrrite. 
scutum,  -i,  n.,  shield. 
se-cedo,  -cedere,  -cessi,  -cessus, 

go  apart,  withdraw. 
secundus,  -a,  -um  [sequor],  fol- 
lowing, favorable. 
sed,  conj.,  bid. 

sedeo,  sedere,  sedi,  sessus,  sit. 
sedes,  -is  [sedeo],  f.,  seat,  abode. 
sementis,    -is    [s6men,    seed],    f., 

seeding,  sowing. 
semper,  adv.,  always. 
senex,  senis,  m.,  old  man. 
sententia,  -ae  [sentio],  f.,  opinion; 

purpose. 
sentio,     sentire,     sensi,     s6nsus, 

perceive,  feel. 
sepelio,  sepelire,  sepelivi,  sepul- 

tus,  bury. 
Septimus,  -a,  -um  [septem,  seven], 

seventh. 
sepultura,  -ae  [sepelio],  f.,  burial. 
sequor,  sequi,  secutus,  follow. 
Seriphus,  -i,  f .,  Scriphos. 
sermo,  -onis  [sero,  interweave],  m., 

conversation,  talk,  speech. 
sero,    serere,    sevi,    satus,     sow, 

plant. 
serpens,   -entis   [part,    of   serpo, 

crawl],  f.,  serpent. 
servio,  -ire,  -ivi,  -itus  [servus], 

be  subject  to,  serve. 
servitus,  -tutis  [servus],  f .,  slavery, 

servitude. 


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servo,    -are,    -avi,     -atus,    save, 

presence. 
servus,  -i,  m.,  slave,  servant. 
si,  conj.,  if. 
sic,  adv.,  so,  thus. 
Sicilia,  -ae,  f .,  Sicily. 
signum,  -i,  n.,  sign,  signal. 
silva,  -ae,  f.,  wood,  forest. 
simul,    adv.,    at    the    same  time; 

simul  atque    or    ac,    as    soon 

as. 
sine,  prep,  with  abl.,  without. 
sinister,  -tra,  -trum,  left. 
sinistra,  -ae  [sinister],  f.,  left  hand 

(manus  understood), 
sinus,  -us,  m.,  bosom,  lap. 
situs,   -a,    -um    [part,   of   sino], 

placed,  situated. 
sl-ve   or   seu,   conj.,   or  if;  sive 
.  .  .  sive,  whether  .  .  .  or. 
socius,  -i  [sequor],  m.,  compan- 
ion, comrade,  ally^ 
sol,  solis,  m.,  sun. 
solium,  -i  [sedeo],  n.,  seat,  throne. 
sollicitudo,    -tudinis    [soUicitus], 

f.,  anxiety,  care,  apprehension. 
soUicitus,  -a,  -um,  troubled,  anx- 
ious. 
sdlus,  -a,  -um,  alone. 
solvd,     solvere,     solvi,     solutus, 

loosen,     unbind,     release;  pay; 

with   or   without  navem,  cast 

off,  set  sail,  put  to  sea. 
somnus,  -i,  m.,  sleep. 
sonitus,   -fis   [sonO,    sound],    m. 

sound,  noise. 
sonorus,  -a,  -um  [sonfi,  sound], 

sounding,  loud,  noisy. 
soror,  -6ris,  f.,  sister. 
sors,  sortis,  f.,  lot. 
sortior,  -iri,  -itus  [sors],  cast  or 

draw  lots. 
spargd,  spargere,  sparsi,  sparsus, 

scatter,  syrinklc. 
spatium,  -i,   n.,   space,   interval; 

apace  of  time,  time. 


species,    -ei     [specio,     look],     f., 

sight,  appearance,  shape. 
spectator,     -oris    [specto],      m., 

looker-on,  spectator. 
specto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 

specio,  look],  look  at  or  on. 
speculum,   -i   [specio,    look],    n., 

looking-glass,  mirror. 
spelunca,  -ae,  f.,  cave,  cavern. 
spemo,  spemere,  sprfivi,  spretus, 

despise,  scorn. 
spero,  -are,  -avi, -atus  [spes],  hope. 
sp6s,  spei,  f.,  hope. 
sponte,  f.  abl.  sing.,  modified  by 

mea,   tua,   sua,   of  one's  own 

accord,  voluntarily. 
squalor,  -oris  [squaled,  he  dirty], 

m.,  dirt,  filth. 
stabulum,  -i  [sto],  n.,   standing- 
place,  stall,  stable,  inclosure. 
statim   [sto],    adv.,    on   the   spot, 

forthwith,  at  once,  immediately. 
statuo,  statuere,  statui,  statutus 

[sto],    cause    to   stand;    decide, 

resolve. 
stipendium,  -i,  n.,  tax,  tribute. 
sto,  stare,  steti,  status,  stand. 
string© ,   stringere,  strinxi,    stric- 

tus,  draw,  unsheathe. 
studeo,  -§re,  -ui,   be  eager,   give 

attention,  apply  oneself. 
studidsus,     -a,    -um     [studium], 

eager,  diligent,  studious. 
studium,  -i  [studed],  n.,  eagerness, 

zeal;  study,  pursuit. 
stuped,    -fire,    -ui,    be    stunned, 

astounded,  or  amazed. 
Stymphalus,  -i,  ni.,  Sti/mpJinlus. 
Stymphalis,    -idis    [Stymph&lus], 

adj.,     of     Stymphalus,     Stym- 

phalian. 
Styx,  Stygis,  f.,  Styx. 
suftvis,  -e,  sweet,  pleasant. 
sub,   prop,    with    ace.   and   abl., 

under;  sub  vesperum,  towards 

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sub-do,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus,   put 

under,  apply. 
sub-duco,  -ducere,  -duxi,  -ductus, 

draw  up,  beach. 
sub-eo,  -ire,  -ii,  -itus,  go  under; 

undergo,    submit    to,     sustain, 

bear,  endure. 
subicio,  -icere,  -ieci,  -iectus  [sub 

-(-  iacio],  throw  or  place  under. 
subito  [subitus,  unexpected],  adv., 

unexpectedly,  suddenly. 
sub-levo,        -levare,         -levavi, 

-levatus,  lijt  from  beneath,  lift, 

raise. 
sub-mergo,      -mergere,      -mersi, 

-mersus,    plunge    under,    sink, 

overwhelm. 
subsidium,  -i  [sub  +  sedeo],  n., 

reserve,  reinforcement,  support, 

help. 
succedo,  -cedere,  -cessi,  -cessus 

[sub  4-  cedo],  go  or  come  under, 

follow  after,  succeed. 
succendo,        -cendere,        -cendi, 

-census,  kindle  beneath,  set  on 

fire. 
succido,  -cidere,  -cidi,  -cisus  [sub 

+  caedo],  cut  below  or  down. 


sucus. 


m.,  juice. 


sui,  sibi,  se  or  sese,  reflexive 
pron.,  himself,  herself,  itself, 
themselves. 

sum,  esse,  fui,  futurus,  be. 

summus,  -a,  -um  [superl.  of 
superus,  upper],  uppermost, 
highest,  greatest. 

sumo,  sumere,  sumpsi,  sumptus 
[sub  +  emo],  take  under  or  up, 
take;  poenam  sumere,  to  exact 
or  inflict  punishment. 

superior,  -ius  [comp.  of  superus, 
upper],  adj.,  higher;  former, 
previous,  preceding. 

supero,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [superus, 
upper],  overcome,  defeat,  con- 
quer. 


super-sum,  -esse,  -fui,  be  over  or 

left,  remain. 
supplicium,  -i  [supplex,  kneeling], 

n.,  punishment,  torture. 
suppono,         -ponere,         -posui, 

-positus  [sub  +  pono],  place  or 

put  under. 
supra     [superus,     upper],     adv. 

and    prep,    with    ace,    above, 

before. 
supremus,    -a,    -um    [superl.    of 

superus,  upper],  highest,  last. 
suscipio,    -cipere,    -cepi,   -ceptus 

[sub  +  capio],  undertake. 
suspend©,       -pendere,       -pendi, 

-pensus  [sub  +  pendo],  hang  up, 

hang. 
suspicio,     -onis     [suspicio,     look 

askance  at],  f.,  suspicion. 
suspicor,   -spicari,  -spicatus  [su- 
spicio, look  askance  at],  suspect. 
sustineo,  -tinere,  -tinui,  -tentus 

[sub  +  teneo],  hold  or  bear  up, 

sustain,  withstand. 
suus,  -a,  -um  [sui],  his,  her,  its,  or 

their  own;  his,  her,  its,  their. 
Symplegades,  -um,  f.  plur,,    the 

Symplegades. 


taceo,  -ere,  -ui,  -itus,  be  silent. 

tacitus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  taceo], 
silent. 

Taenarus,  -i,  m.,  Taenarus. 

talaria,  -ium  [talus,  ankle],  n. 
plur.,  winged  shoes. 

talis,  -e,  such. 

tam,  adv.,  so. 

tamen,  adv\,  however,  yet,  never- 
theless. 

tandem,  adv.,  at  length  or  last, 
finally. 

tango,  tangere,  tetigl,  tactus, 
touch. 

tantum  [tantus],  adv.,  so  much 
or  far,  only. 


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Fabulae  Faciles 


tantus,  -a,  -um,  so  great  or  much. 
Tartarus,  -i,  m.,  Tartarus. 
taurus,  -i,  m.,  bull. 
tego,  tegere,  texi,  tectus,  cover. 
telum,  -i,  n.,  missile,  spear,  wea- 
pon. 
temere,  adv.,  rashly. 
tempestas,     -tatis    [tempus],    f,, 

weather;  storm,  tempest. 
tern  plum,  -i,  n.,  sanctuary,  temple. 
tempto,    -are,    -avi,    -atus,    try, 

attempt. 
tempus,  temporis,  n.,  time,  season. 
teneo,  -ere,  -ui,  -tus,  hold,  keep; 

hold  back,  restrain,  stop. 
tenuis,  -e,  thin. 
tergum,  -i,  n.,  back. 
terra,  -ae,  f.,  land,  earth.- 
terreo,  -6re,  -ui,  -itus,  frighten, 

terrify. 
terri  bills,    -e    [terreo],    dreadful, 

terrible. 
terror,  -oris  [terreo],  m.,  terror, 

fright. 
tertium  [tertius],  adv.,  the  or  a 

third  time. 
tertius,  -a,  -um  [tres],  third. 
texo,  -ere,  -ui,  -tus,  weave. 
Thebae,  -arum,  f.  plur.,  Thebes. 
Thebam,    -drum    [Thebae],     m. 

plur.,  Thebans. 
Therm6d6n,  -ontis,  m.,  Thermo- 

don. 
Theseus, -I,  m.,  Theseus. 
Thessalia,  -ae.  f.,  Thessaly. 
Thracia,  -ae,  f.,  Thrace. 
Tiberis,  -is,  m.,  Tiber. 
timed,  -6re,  -ui,  fear. 
timor,  -6ris  [timed],  m.,  fear. 
tingft,  tingere,  tinxi,  tinctus,  wet, 

soak,  dye. 
Tiryns,  Tirynthis,  f.,  Tiryna. 
tolld,    tollere,    sustuU,    sublatus, 

lift,  raise;    take  away,  remove; 

ancoras      tollere,     to      weigh 

anchor. 


torqueo,  torquere,  torsi,  tortus, 
turn. 

tdtus,  -a,  -um,  all  the,  the  whole 
or  entire. 

tracto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [freq.  of 
traho],  handle,  touch,  feci. 

trado,  -dere,  -didi,  -ditus  [trans 
4"  do],  give  across,  over,  or  up, 
deliver;  hand  down,  relate,  re- 
port. 

traduco,  -ducere,  -diixi,  -ductus 
[trans  +  duco],  lead  across. 

traho,  trahere,  traxi,  tractus, 
draw,  drag. 

traicio,  -icere,  -i6ci,  -iectus  [trans 
H-iaci6],  throw  across,  strike 
through,  pierce. 

traiectus,  -us  [traicifi],  m.,  cross- 
ing over,  passage. 

trano,  -nare,  -navi  [trans  -f  n6, 
swim],  swim  across  or  over. 

tranquiilitas,  -tatis  [tranquillus], 
f.,  calm. 

tranquillus,  -a,  -um,  calm. 

trans,  prep,  with  ace,  across, 
over. 

trans-e6,  -ire,  -ii,  -itus,  go  across 
or  oi'cr,  cross. 

trans-figd,  -figere,  -fixi.  -fizus, 
thrust  or  pierce  through,  trans- 
fix. 

trans-port6,  -portare,  -portavi, 
-portatus,  carry  across  or  over, 
transport. 

trans-vehd,  -vehere,  -vezi, 
-vectus,  carry  across  or  over. 

tr6s,  tria,  plur.  adj.,  three. 

tributum,  -I  [part,  of  tribuO, 
contribute],  n.,  contribution, 
tribute. 

trlstitia,  -ae  [tristis,  sad],  f.,  sad- 
ness. 

Tr6ia,-ae,  f.,  Troy. 

Trdiani,  -6rum  [trfiia],  m.  plur., 
Trojans. 

ta,  tul,  pers.  pron.,  thou,  you. 


Vocabulary 


133 


turn,  adv.,  then,  at  that  time. 

turbo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [turba, 
confusion],  confuse,  throw  into 
disorder,  disturb,  trouble. 

turbo,  turbinis  [turbo],  m.,  whirl- 
wind, hurricane. 

turpis,  -e,  disgraceful. 

tutus,  -a,  -um  [part,  of  tueor, 
watch  over],  safe. 

tuus,  -a,  -um  [tu],  thy,  thine,  your. 


U 


ubi,  adv.,  where;  conj.,  when. 

ulciscor,  ulcisci,  ultus,  avenge. 

uUus,  -a,  -um,  any. 

ulterior,  -ius  [comp.  from  ultra, 
beyond],  adj.,  farther. 

mixes,  -is,  m.,  Ulysses. 

umbra,  -ae,  f .,  shadow,  shade. 

umerus,  -i,  m.,  shoulder 

umquam,  adv.,  ever. 

unda,  -ae,  f .,  wave. 

unde,  adv.,  whence. 

undecimus,  -a,  -um  [undecim, 
eleven],  eleventh. 

undique  [unde  +  -que],  adv.,  from 
or  on  all  sides. 

ungo,  ungere,  unxi,  unctus, 
smear,  anoint. 

unguentum,  -i  [ungo],  n.,  oint- 
ment. 

universus,  -a,  -um  [unus  + 
verto],  all  together,  whole,  entire, 
all. 

unus,  -a,  -um,  one;  only,  alone. 

urbs,  urbis,  f.,  city. 

uro,  urere,  iissi,  ustus,  bum. 

usque,  adv.,  all  the  time;  usque 
ad,  as  far  as,  until;  quo  usque, 
see  quo. 

usus,  -us  [utor],  m.,  use;  experi- 
ence. 

ut,  conj.,  as;  when;  that;  ita  ut,  as. 

uter,  utra,  utrum,  which?  of  two. 

uter,  utris,  m.,  wine-skin. 


uter-que,     utraque,     utrumque, 

each,  either,  both. 
utor,  uti,  usus,  use. 
utrimque     [uterque],     adv.,     on 

either  side  or  both  sides. 
uxor,  -oris,  f.,  wife. 


vacuus,  -a,  -um  [vaco,  be  empty], 
empty. 

valeo,  -ere,  -ui,  -iturus,  be  strong 
or  effectual,  have  effect,  prevail. 

validus,  -a,  -um  [valeo],  strong. 

vallis,  -is,  f .,  valley. 

varius,  -a,  -um,  various. 

vas,  vasis,  n.,  plur.  vasa,  -6rum, 
vessel. 

vasto,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [vastus], 
lay  waste. 

vastus,  -a,  -um,  waste,  huge, 
enormous,  vast. 

vehementer  [vehemens,  violent], 
adv.,  violently,  vehemently;  ear- 
nestly; exceedingly,  greatly. 

veho,  vehere,  vexi,  vectus,  carry. 

vellus,  velleris,  n.,  fleece. 

velo,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [v6lum, 
veil],  veil,  cover. 

vel-ut,  even  or  fust  as,  as. 

venatio,  -onis  [venor,  hunt],  f., 
hunting. 

venenum,  -i,  n,,  poison. 

venio,  venire,  veni,  ventus,  come. 

venter,  ventris,  m.,  belly. 

ventus,  -i,  m,,  wind. 

verbum,  -i,  n.,  word. 

vereor,  -eri,  -itus,  fear. 

vero  [verus],  adv.,  in  truth,  in- 
deed; however. 

versor,  -ari,  -atus  [freq.  of  verto], 
keep  turning,  be  busy  or  em- 
ployed, be. 

verto,  vertere,  verti,  versus,  turn. 

verus,  -a,  -um,  true;  re  vera,  in 
truth,  in  fact. 


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Fabulae  Faciles 


vescor,  -i,  ]eed  on,  eat.  \ 

vesper,  vesperi,  m.,  evening.  \ 

vester,  -tra,  -trum  [vos],  your. 
vestigium,  -i  [vestigo,  track]^  n., 

track,  foot-print. 
vestis,  -is,  f.,  clothing,  dress,  robe. 
vestitus,  -us  [vestio,  ciothe],  m., 

clothing. 
via,  -ae,  f.,  road,  way. 
viator,  -toris  [via],  m.,  wayfarer, 

traveler. 
victima,  -ae  [vinco,  overcome],  f., 

victim. 
victoria,  -ae  [vinco,  overcmne],  f., 

victory. 
victus,    -us    [vivo],     m.,     suste- 
nance, food. 
vicus,  -i,  m.,  village. 
video,    videre,    vidi,    visus,    see; 

pass.,  seem. 
vigilia,    -ae    [vigil,    awake],    f., 

watch. 
viginti,  indecl.  adj.,  twenty. 
villa,  -ae,  f.,  country-house,  villa. 
vimen,  -minis,  n.,  osier. 
vinciS,    vincire,    vinxi,    vinctus, 

bind. 
vinculum,  -i  [vinciS],   n.,   bond, 

chain. 
vinum,  -i,  n.,  wine. 
y'it,  viri,  m.,  man. 
virg6,  virginis,  f.,  maiden. 
virtus,  -tiitis  [vir],  f.,  manliness, 

courage,  bravery. 


vis,  vis,  f.,  violence,  force;  virtue, 

potency,    efficacy;    pliir.    vires, 

-\\xva.^  strength;  omnibus  viribus, 

with    all    one's    strength,    with 

might  and  main. 
visus,  -us  [video],  m.,  sight. 
vita,  -ae  [vivo],  f.,  life. 
vito,    -are,    -avi,     -atus,     avoid, 

escape. 
vivo,  vivere,  vixi,  victus,  live. 
vivus,  -a,  -um  [vivo],  alive,  living. 
vix,  adv.,  with  difficulty,  scarcely, 

hardly,  barely. 
voco,  -ire,  -avi,  -atus  [v6x],  call, 

summon. 
Volcanus,  -i,  m.,  Vulcan. 
void,  -are,  -avi,  -aturus,  fly. 
volo,  velle,  volui,  ivish. 
volucris,  -is  [volo],  f.,  bird. 
voluntas,   -tatis  [void],  f.,   wish, 

will. 
voluptas,  -tatis  [volo],  f.,  pleasure. 
vos,  plur.  of  tu. 
voro,  -are,  -avi,  -atus,  swallow 

whole,  devour. 
vox,  vocis,  f.,  voice;  word. 
vulnero,  -are,  -avi,  -atus  [vulnus], 

wound. 
vulnus,  vulneris,  n.,  wound. 


Zephyrus,  -i,  m.,  Zephyrus,  the 

west  wind. 
Zetes,  -ae,  m.,  Zetes, 


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The  Teaching  of  Latin  and  Greek 
In  the  Secondary  School 

By  Charles  E.  Bennett,  A.B.,  Professor  of  Latin  in  Cornell  Uni- 
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